A study reveals the underground interactions between fungi and oomycetes in twenty Andalusian dehesas, wooded pasturelands ...

Healthy soils depend on a healthy soil microbiome, with beneficial organisms like bacteria providing key ecosystem services.

Microbes are everywhere. They live in our bodies, in soil, in the oceans, and even in the air we breathe. These microscopic ...

The project provides a baseline for tracking microbial-population shifts with land-use changes and global warming.

A two-year expedition across the Pacific Ocean has revealed that the microbes present on coral reefs there may be as varied as the microbiome of the rest of the planet’s ecosystems combined. This ...

The unique blend of fungi and bacteria in a region’s soil may be the strongest factor explaining its rates of childhood allergic disease, with certain assemblages of soil critters appearing linked ...

One of the most critical studies on microbial ecology is to reveal microbial turnover patterns along spatial, temporal, or environmental gradients.

Researchers at North Carolina State University analyzed sourdough starters to understand how flour type changes the microbial composition.

This metagenomic study of the airborne microbiome in aircraft cabin filters and face masks reveals diverse taxa and antimicrobial resistance genes in crowded, confined public environments.

From influencing weight gain to supporting immune function, gut microbes do far more than digest food. They may even explain ...

This sibling-controlled East Asian study found that autistic individuals, their unaffected siblings, and typically developing ...