Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.

Bacteria that live in the digestive tracts of animals may influence the adaptive trajectories of their hosts.

Biofilms are home to millions of microbes, but disrupting their interactions could produce more effective antibiotics.

Microscopic creatures called epibionts that live on sea turtles’ shells can help researchers understand their secretive lives.

Meet some of the people featured in the June 2020 issue of The Scientist.

For the better part of this century, microbiologists have largely ignored evolutionary relationships among bacteria. But a revolution has occurred in microbiology with the advent of nucleic sequencing: Today, new phylogenetic relationships can be determined in far more detail and depth than was ever thought possible. Carl R. Woese, 62, of the department of microbiology at the University of Illinois in Urbana, is widely considered the leader of this revolution. His 1987 review, "Bacterial evolu

Identification of new archaea species elucidates the domain’s unique  biology and sheds light on its relationship to eukaryotes.

Carl Woese, the discoverer of the third domain of life, has passed away at age 84.

George Church is at it again, this time using multiplex gene editing to create virus-proof cells, improve organ transplant success, and protect elephants.

Several labs have reported the formation of bacterial nanotubes under different, often contrasting conditions. What are these structures and why are they so hard to reproduce?