Scientists link baker’s yeast evolution to ancient human movements, suggesting we’ve been shaping microbial life far longer ...

After training as a pharmaceutical-technical assistant, I worked in a pharmacy before deciding to study biotechnology. In my ...

Brazil is the world's largest producer of soybeans and one of the reasons is the incorporation of bio-inputs, microorganisms ...

A recent study reveals that fermented cabbage offers up to 40% protection for the intestinal barrier, outperforming raw ...

Professors Eric Déziel and Étienne Yergeau are leading two new Canada Research Chairs to study microbial interactions and ...

When seawater penetrates concrete in road tunnels, a biofilm is formed that breaks down the concrete. This can lead to high ...

Sprayed concrete has been used in road tunnels on a larger scale since the 1990s, and since then, researchers have been able to see this fouling of biofilm. Despite this, there are currently very few ...

Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

The MicroIker group of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has explored the diversity and distribution of unicellular organisms in the springs of the Añana Salt Valley. The study is ...

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This important study shows how the relative importance of inter-species interactions in microbiomes can be inferred from empirical species abundance data. The methods based on statistical physics of ...

“We’ve known that some of the substances exuded on coral reefs, termed exometabolites, are available for microbial metabolism,” said Craig Nelson, professor in the UH Mānoa School of Ocean ...