Researchers find a slew of new fungal species inhabiting the human gut, and suggest a link to an inflammatory bowel disease.
Researchers find a slew of new fungal species inhabiting the human gut, and suggest a link to an inflammatory bowel disease.
The beaches around the Gulf of Mexico harbor different nematodes, protists and fungi now than they did before the Deepwater Horizon disaster in April 2010.
New PCR assay can detect more than 40 strains of H5N1 in a single go.
EDITOR'S CHOICE IN MICROBIOLOGY The paper S. Alsford et al., “High-throughput decoding of antitrypanosomal drug efficacy and resistance,” Nature, 482:232-36, 2012. The finding Trypanosoma brucei, the single-cell protozoan that causes the tropical
Out with toothpicks and pipettors; in with automation.
After much ado, Nature publishes the first report of a bird flu virus adapted for transmission in ferrets.
Turning a liability into an asset, cryo-electron microscopists exploit an artifact to probe protein structure.
Using surface plasmon resonance to improve antibody detection and characterization: four case studies
Science adviser John Holdren speaks out about how the Presidential Administration is handling the controversial research that rendered avian flu transmissible between ferrets.
One of the researchers who created a highly transmissible form of the bird flu virus has broken his silence and shared which mutations made it possible.