Though a founding concept of ecology suggests that the physical environment determines where organisms can survive, modern scientists have suspected there is more to the story of how microbial ...

In a new study, researchers have determined through both statistical analysis and in experiments that soil pH is a driver of microbial community composition -- but that the need to address toxicity ...

Bigelow Laboratory scientists have advanced an exciting method for linking the activity of individual microbes to their unique genetic code, providing the first application of the approach to ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Water, researchers investigated the viral distribution, host interactions, and antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) transfer on microplastics using ...

The biological carbon pump is a critical component of the Earth's carbon cycle, involving the uptake and fixation of ...

A new Science study led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis finds that under certain conditions, increasing microbial diversity can make ecosystems more predictable. The research ...