Microbial ecology encompasses the study of diverse communities of microorganisms – including bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses and protozoa – inhabiting environments as varied as soil, water, plants ...

Virtually all multicellular organisms on Earth live in symbiotic associations with very large and complex microbial communities known as microbiomes. New research has just been published aimed at ...

From insignificant individual cells to a rich community full of cooperation. That is how our understanding of the world of ...

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A research team reveals that the way plant residues transform into humic substances can profoundly reshape soil microbial ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population, but the tiny microbes living on and around rice plants may be just as important as the crop itself. A new study reveals that the specific genetic ...

The study identifies unique microbial taxa in Armenian AMD, emphasizing metal resistance genes and a novel strain with ...

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A newly identified class of RNA molecules has been discovered in bacteria living inside the human body. These circular genetic structures, termed obelisks, differ from known viruses and bacteria and ...