techniques, microbiology

The micro-bio-electronic device combines bacteria that can detect certain molecules along with wifi-connected electrical outputs.

Researchers develop a method that combines the strengths of shotgun metagenomics and single-cell genome sequencing in a microfluidics-based platform.

Three methods identify and activate silent bacterial gene clusters to uncover new drugs

Scientists generate new protein-protein interactions at an impressive PACE.

A bacteriophage must evolve certain variants of a protein or die.

Researchers have designed a screen to find unique molecules, called riboswitches, that determine whether transcription will proceed.

A newly developed method detects regulators of bacterial transcription called riboswitches.

Lacing insect food with microbes encoding double-stranded RNAs can suppress insect gene expression.

Techniques for deep dives into the microbial dark matter

Newer CRISPR tools for manipulating transcription will help unlock noncoding RNA’s many roles.

How to store microbiome samples without losing or altering diversity

Scientists design diagnostics to improve the detection of current infections.

Researchers devise new techniques to facilitate growing bacteria collected from the environment.

Updated classics and new techniques help microbiologists get up close and quantitative.

A smaller Cas9 protein enables in vivo genome engineering via viral vectors.

Whole-animal, light-based imaging of infected small mammals

A tour of the newest software and strategies for analyzing microbial and viral communities

New approaches to diagnosing bacterial infections may one day allow the identification of pathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility in a matter of hours or minutes.