Soil scientists use a gas-producing reporter system to assess gene activity in bacteria.

Scientists work out the specific genes and biochemical steps required for digesting the very drugs designed to kill microbes.

The discovery of peptides, enzymes, and other gene products that confer antibiotic resistance could give clues to how it develops.

Researchers examine how underground microbes and nutrients affect plant populations.

Excavating existing topsoil and adding donor soil, researchers revitalized degraded farmland in the span of six years.

The White House announces a new effort to study diverse microbial communities around the planet.

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

Arabidopsis thaliana defense hormones shape the plant’s root microbiome. 

Nearly 600 soil samples from New York City’s famous park reveal that the urban environment harbors just as much biodiversity as natural ecosystems across the globe.