A chance encounter with a crab apple tree leads to the discovery of a new bacterial species and clues to the evolution of insect endosymbionts.
A chance encounter with a crab apple tree leads to the discovery of a new bacterial species and clues to the evolution of insect endosymbionts.
A normally land-based microbiologist sets sail to find the building blocks of novel antibiotics in marine bacteria.
Scientists set up a stakeout to track the movements of microbes around a new hospital.
Cockfighting and other cultural practices in Southeast Asia could greatly aid the spread of deadly diseases like bird flu.
Diverse plant communities create a disease-fighting "soil genotype."
Silk impregnated with bleach may provide a new way to fight the formidable spores of the anthrax bacterium.
I the dark Arctic shallows one research finds heterotrophic marine bacteria doing a surprising amount of carbon fixing.
When European explorers and fishermen began to frequent Canada’s shores in the 16th century, they brought with them a plethora of tools and trinkets, including knives, axes, kettles, and blankets. The region’s indigenous people traded the Europeans f
A unique virus and the worm it infects turn up in an orchard outside of Paris.
Building tiny houses to study how bacteria behave in natural environments