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Researchers scour the Earth in search of resilient microbes but hope that the pathogenic kind remain hidden.

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Leveraging PCR for Rapid Sterility Testing

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A Reproducible Approach to Exploring Microbiomes

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Exploring the Landscape of Bacterial Culture Media

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Microbial Tales from the Crypt

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Spelunking for Microbes

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Tackling the Challenges of Metagenomics with Nanopore Sequencing

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Microbial Clocks for Corpses

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Deciphering Plants’ Biochemical Messages

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Alpine and Arctic Microbes Break Down Plastics

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Yeast Cells Reconfigure Their Metabolomes to Live Longer

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Cooperation and Cheating

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Infographic: Curbing the Cheaters 

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Gut Bacteria Help T Cells Heal Muscle: Study

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Science Falls Behind as Syphilis Stages Another Comeback

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Microbial Ecologist Alma Dal Co Dies in Diving Accident

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Ethanol-Making Microbe Tied to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

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Infographic: Evolutionary Leaps Leading to Modern Eukaryotes

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Symbiotic Organs: Extreme Intimacy with the Microbial World

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Infographic: Symbiotic Organs Bring Hosts and Microbes Closer

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In Search of the Best Milk Recipe for Preemies’ Gut Bacteria

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

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The “Virus Hunter” Who Advanced Public Health, One Tool at a Time

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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