Microbial interventions offer sustainable opportunities to enhance soil health and ecosystem functioning, but they can also have unintended ecological consequences. This Comment explores their benefit...

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The Kleiner Lab at North Carolina State University is seeking a Research Technician to support research focused on complex microbial communities, microbial symbioses, and metaproteomics. Reporting to ...

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A 65-year-old man with a severe antibiotic-resistant E. coli infection showed significant improvement after receiving experimental treatment with bacteriophages

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Soil organic matter (SOM) stabilization is increasingly attributed to microbial processing and the formation of microbial necromass, yet these pathway…

Soil viruses influence microbial survival, nutrient cycling, and ecosystem recovery after environmental disturbance, yet it remains difficult to determine which viruses are newly produced versus those...

Nature Microbiology, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02391-7An 8-year soil meta-omic time series shows how mobile genetic elements shape permafrost microbial diversity and impact a range of functions, including carbon and nutrient cycling.

In this study, Luo and colleagues identify previously unknown viruses that actively infect highly productive chemoautotrophs. These findings provide new insights into key trophic interactions and&nbsp...

This study investigated the interplay between fluid geochemistry and microbial diversity in the shallow-water hydrothermal vents of the gulf of Naples, Italy. We found that hydrothermal fluid chemist...

ABSTRACT. Chemoautotrophs drive carbon fixation in coastal sediments, but most of them remain uncultured with poorly characterized in situ activities. In t

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Metabolic strategies of cave microorganisms are poorly studied. Here, the authors show that cave microbes use atmospheric trace gases hydrogen, carbon monoxide and methane as energy and carbon sources, sustaining primary production and revealing how life can thrive in oligotrophic and dark ecosystems.

Thawing permafrost is reshaping landscapes and releasing carbon—and soil viruses may play a hidden role. By uncovering ~10,000 new Arctic soil viruses, we reveal unseen players shaping microbes and ca...

The potential roles of viruses in microbial-induced permafrost thaw, which is accelerated by climate change, are unclear. Here, Trubl et al. sample a permafrost thaw gradient and identify thousands of...

Thawing permafrost is reshaping landscapes and releasing carbon—and soil viruses may play a hidden role. By uncovering ~10,000 new Arctic soil viruses, we reveal unseen players shaping microbes and ca...

The rapid evolution of microbiology as a field of research has led to the introduction of new terminology and the adaptation of existing terms. However, inconsistencies in the use of these terms, inc...

Co-authors Michael Mann and Peter Hotez share 5 key insights from their new book, Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World.

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