Transposon mutagenesis give scientists a rare look at the most important interactions within microbial communities.

Scientists estimate that subterranean organisms constitute a massive amount of carbon, 245 to 385 times greater than that contained in all humans.

Microbial species living in a fruit fly gut interact with one another—and influence the insect’s health and longevity in the process.

Researchers nab the microbial culprits eating away at a 17th century painting.

The fungi are made to generate electricity with the help of photosynthesizing bacteria looped together on a graphene circuit. 

Microbes, traditionally thought to lack organelles, get a metabolic boost from geometric compartments that act as cauldrons for chemical reactions. Bioengineers are eager to harness the compartments for their own purposes.

Bacteriologist Alice Evans identified the pathogen that causes undulant fever, leading her to push for the pasteurization of milk.

These icosahedral structures are composed of proteins with unique geometric properties, which enable bacteria to employ them in a variety of situations.

A photograph of microbes producing the antibiotic actinorhodin is one of many images on display at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History this winter.