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

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 ...

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

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 ...

The subterranean environment of caves presents a unique laboratory for studying microbial ecology. In these isolated, oligotrophic habitats, microorganisms engage in diverse metabolic processes and ...

Fermentation has re-emerged as a powerful biotechnology platform for developing sustainable, nutritious, and health-promoting foods. Advances in precision ...

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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 ...

What would you contribute to the world of ecology and evolution if you could access the combined wisdom of faculty from more than a dozen disciplines that span the earth, biological and computational ...