Bacteria have long been a key source of lifesaving antibiotics, but most species cannot be grown in the lab—leaving their ...

Most bacteria cannot be cultured in the lab-and that's been bad news for medicine. Many of our frontline antibiotics ...

Schematic diagram of the role of the circadian clock of plants affecting the composition and ecological function of bacterial ...

Heating alone won’t drive soil microbes to release more carbon dioxide — they need added carbon and nutrients to thrive. This ...

Viking consisted of two twin orbiters and landers, with experimental chambers in the landers to conduct three biology ...

Between a third and half of all soil carbon on Earth is stored in peatlands, says Tom and Marie Patton Distinguished Professor Joel Kostka. These wetlands—formed from layers and layers of decaying ...

After having a walk in nature, we want to get rid of dirt that has stuck to the shoes as soon as possible. And we forget that ...

In an unprecedented breakthrough, artificial intelligence has been instrumental in unearthing twelve new antibiotics from ...

Seven patients have tested positive for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease, Berkshire Health Systems reported on ...

A long-term field study conducted in Northeast China’s fertile black soil region has demonstrated that biochar can ...

The convergence of climate-driven necessity, scientific innovation, and government policy is positioning biofertilisers as a ...

A collection of short dispatches from the field of climate microbiology conveys the contributions that single-celled life ...