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Public microbial genomes encode an immense record of biological diversity, evolution and molecular function, but much of this information remains difficult to reuse because raw sequencing data are not...

Although in the wild bacteria likely spend most of their time deprived of nutrients and slowly starving to death, very little is known about how bacteria adapt their phenotype to starvation. Here we c...

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Final political hurdle overcome, easing regulation of certain modified plants

Abstract. Primer bias in 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing can distort microbial diversity estimates by underrepresenting key taxa. We introduce a modified

A rapid, inexpensive, and easy to implement experimental protocol enables the construction of combinatorially complete sets of microbial consortia.

The Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) is an initiative to establish a standardised microbial taxonomy based on genome phylogeny.

How a discovery in the 1970s changed the theory of the origin of complex life on earth.

Microbial communities play a key role in biogeochemical transformations in a wide range of ecosystems, but they also hold significant potential to enh…

Boards asked to recommend just three applications for funding, as BBSRC also suspends calls

Summary. We introduce microntology v1.0, a pragmatic controlled vocabulary of 148 terms to describe microbial habitats and lifestyles, and provide manually curated microntology annotations for >300k m...

Real-time monitoring of metabolites in bacterial cultures is crucial for advancing our understanding of microbial physiology, metabolic fluxes, and dynamic responses to environmental changes. This capability enables researchers to capture transient metabolic states that are often missed in endpoint measurements. The use of engineered periplasmic binding proteins as biosensors for this real-time metabolite monitoring represents a groundbreaking approach. By leveraging the natural specificity and high affinity of PBPs for small molecules, these biosensors can be engineered to detect a wide range of metabolites with exceptional sensitivity and temporal resolution. The integration of PBP-based biosensors into microbial research not only enhances our ability to study real-time metabolism but also provides a versatile tool for optimizing industrial bioprocesses and exploring bacterial infections and complex microbial ecosystems

Microflora Danica—an atlas of Danish environmental microbiomes—reveals that although human-disturbed habitats have high alpha diversity, species reoccur, revealing hidden homogeneity.

Gassler et al. implant a free-living bacterium into fungal cells to study early steps in the establishment of an endosymbiosis. They observe vertical transmission of the bacteria despite initial host ...

Biological carbon fixation is currently limited to seven naturally occurring pathways. Synthetic carbon fixation pathways have the potential to surpass aerobic natural pathways in efficiency, but none...

AbstractMotivation. Over the past years, substantial numbers of microbial species’ genomes have been deposited outside of conventional INSDC databases.Resu