How do microbes respond to changes in their surroundings? Archives

Scientists developed biodegradable food packaging that combines heat- and light-driven chemistry to preserve food safely and sustainably.

Scientists used machine learning models to predict the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soil under future climate…

Researchers demonstrated that the first microbes to colonize recently deglaciated soil can extract nutrients from air and rock to survive…

Researchers found that interactions between methane gas and seawater affected greenhouse gas emissions from the Arctic Ocean during a past…

Scientists tested how mixtures of plant-growth-promoting bacteria affect the microbial communities of different sunflower varieties for use…

Researchers tested plant-based soil remediation methods and found that adding beneficial microbes to copper-contaminated soil improved…

Scientists showed that an understudied bacterium is widespread in deep soils worldwide and adapted to life with very little energy.

The deep sea is one of Earth’s largest reservoirs of carbon, yet microbes don’t consume very much of it. Researchers showed that this is…

Researchers found that cave-dwelling microbes use atmospheric trace gases like methane and carbon monoxide as sources of energy and carbon.

Researchers discovered a bacterium in NASA’s spacecraft assembly facilities that can enter a hibernation state to survive planetary…