This month, microbiologists gather at ISME12 in Australia to deliberate advances in microbial ecology that could benefit the planet. What are the key challenges for this blossoming field?

Michigan State University scientists have uncovered a new microbe phylum which helps purify groundwater in Earth's deep ...

The Microbial Ecology Section of ESA supports ecologists who work with microbes and related microbial processes as their subjects of interest. We ask the same sort of ecological questions that would ...

Identifying rare microorganisms in microbiome data just got easier. A team of researchers from Portugal and Canada has ...

Identifying rare microorganisms in microbiome data just got easier. A team of researchers from Portugal and Canada has ...

Microbial ecology is the study of microorganisms (e.g., bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses), their interaction with the environment, and their interactions with one another. Whether the ...

Microbial ecology is the study of the interactions of microorganisms with their environment, each other, and plant and animal species. It includes the study of symbioses, biogeochemical cycles and ...

Ecology and evolution of species interactions in a changing world Our group is interested in the eco-evolutionary dynamics of species interactions in multi-trophic communities. We are specifically ...

New research reveals the remarkable chemical diversity of substances exuded by coral reefs and demonstrates that thousands of ...

The space station is a critical platform for large-scale scientific experiments and an outpost for deep-space exploration. Within it, complex conditions such as microgravity, radiation, containment, ...

A research team led by Prof. Wang Guanghua from the Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has uncovered how microbial adaptive evolution and ...

Researchers demonstrate how pairing immunization with beneficial bacteria can eliminate intestinal infections.