The microbiome of infants is shaped by social relationships from an early age and not only by family sources, finds a recent ...

A six-year analysis of marine microbes in coastal California waters has overturned long-held assumptions about how the ...

Discovery of a unique microbial interaction offers potential for environmentally friendly control of rice blast disease Additionally, the study offers valuable insights into the ecological role of P.

The assembly and maintenance of microbial diversity in natural communities, despite the abundance of toxin-based antagonistic interactions, presents major challenges for biological understanding. A ...

In a recent study, researchers investigated the interactions between Pyricularia oryzae, the rice blast fungus, and the beneficial soil bacterium Streptomyces griseus. They found that P. oryzae ...

People have long said that "bread is life." Now, researchers at Tufts University are using the bubbling mixtures of flour and ...

In recent decades, chronic diseases have risen sharply worldwide, including gastrointestinal disorders, metabolic diseases ...

Microbes, whether in our environment or on our bodies, exist in communities where individual members influence each other. To better understand the dynamics of these multi-species communities, ...

Join us for a 1.5-day public workshop that will examine the interaction of economic activity and microbial threats, including infectious disease outbreaks and antimicrobial resistance. The workshop ...

The SCOBY Breastplate is a sustainable, interactive wearable that was slowly grown and fabricated from kombucha SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria and Yeast) biofilm over the course of 13 weeks.