In this Perspective, Levin and Wang give a brief history of bacterial growth rate and discuss how it is connected to nutrient availability and macromolecule synthesis, with a focus on (p)ppGpp as a ce...

Abstract. Microbial communities are shaped by social interactions that influence survival, resource access, and evolutionary trajectories. Most studies of

Genome-scale metabolic models (GSMMs) are important aids towards system-level understanding of the metabolic physiology of the gut microbes and for rational microbiome engineering. While large-scale r...

ARMD-MGB contains detailed microbiology and clinical metadata for >225,000 patients and >970,000 cultures collected over 10 years

The permeability of bacterial porins is dynamically regulated by periplasmic proton and potassium concentrations, altering antibiotic resistance.

Bacteria employ a range of competition systems that deliver toxins to inhibit competing strains. This study shows that these systems are particularly important for the ecology of virulent and antibiot...

Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University

Sabnis et al. explain why non-conjugative plasmids move at a low rate in nature. While increased mobility can easily evolve by incorporating phage DNA into plasmids, this is disadvantageous because it...

FUGAsseM predicts protein function in microbiomes using coexpression patterns from metatranscriptomes and diverse community-wide data.

npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Communities of plasmids as strategies for antimicrobial resistance gene survival in wastewater treatment plant effluent

The airways of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) are often co-infected by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and a variety of other co-habiting microbes; the infections are polymicrobial. P. aeruginosa isolates fr...

Loretan and colleagues present a low-cost smartphone-based microscope capable of detecting single-molecule fluorescence. This approach opens doors to personalised and widely distributed applications in diagnostics, biosensing, and science education.

Surveillance and prediction of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli relies on curated databases of genes and mutations. We aimed to quantify the …

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery.

Abstract. Although microbial eukaryotes comprise the majority of eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity and inhabit nearly all ecosystems globally, most researc

The IDSA journals are seeking papers focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and how it enhances and impacts infectious diseases. The journals are interested in

Microbial communities play essential roles in shaping ecosystem functions and predictive modeling frameworks are crucial for understanding, controlling, and harnessing their properties. Competition an...

Here the authors leverage a crossfeeding, engineered microbial community to demonstrate that strain abundance cycles are robust across environmental conditions. They pair this with a nonlinear dynamic model to elucidate population cycles.

Scientific Reports - Widely-distributed freshwater microorganisms with streamlined genomes co-occur in cohorts with high abundance

Host-microbe interactions play an integral role in the function and survival of eukaryotes, influencing various processes ranging from metabolism to i…

In this Perspective, Estrela and Huang discuss nutrient starvation in the context of the gut microbiome, outlining what is known and highlighting key questions for future research to address knowledge gaps.

A large fraction of aquatic bacteria remains uncultured. Here, the authors cultivated 627 strains of abundant freshwater bacteria from 14 European lakes, thus generating a collection that includes many previously uncultured, oligotrophic bacteria that may serve as model organisms.

Chromosome architecture influences Agrobacterium fitness, competitiveness, and virulence, shaping its adaptation and evolution.

Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP: https://scienceimpacts.org/) is committed to visualizing and communicating the lo...

Climate change and land mismanagement are creating increasingly fire-prone built and natural environments. However, despite worsening fire seasons, evidence is lacking globally for trends in socially ...

A tool called Funding the Frontier visualizes all the downstream impacts of funding — and predicts which studies will have the biggest societal impact.