Free automated phage genome annotation -- pharokka, phold and phynteny in one pipeline.

Lab students were supposed to ID a mild germ. They all identified a deadly pathogen.

University of California San Diego marine microbiologist and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Farooq Azam has been selected as the 2026 Kyoto Prize laureate in Basic Sciences. Azam is widely recognize...

Genome-wide selective sweeps commonly occur in the human gut microbiome and can spread across the world within decades to produce epidemic-like population structures.

Sequencing of marine sediments finds 136 newly identified Heimdallarchaeia and several novel lineages, and indicates that Heimdallarchaeia evolved distinct metabolic capabilities from other Asgar...

A Gifsy-1 prophage–encoded higher eukaryotes and prokaryotes nucleotide-binding protein, HepS, senses Siphoviridae infection, activates abortive defence by cleaving host transfer RNAs, blocks rival ph...

Nature Microbiology, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-025-02252-9Bacterial degradation of extracellular fucoidan is resource-intensive and, therefore, limited by low-phosphate concentrations. This mechanism provides a competitive advantage to fucoidan-producing microalgae and enhances carbon sequestration.

Nature Microbiology, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-025-02240-zLimiting phosphate concentrations could be a strategy to protect and sequester carbon dioxide as fucoidan, a polysaccharide produced by marine algae.

Without key cell cycle control genes, SAR11 cells experience aneuploidy and growth inhibition when exposed to changes in nutrients, carbon sources or temperature stress, a vulnerability that may repre...

Introduction. Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen that causes a wide spectrum of infections within healthcare settings and the community. Four K. pneumoniae sub-lineages, defined using ...

Understanding how cells make decisions over time requires the ability to link past molecular states to future phenotypic outcomes. We present TimeVault, a genetically encoded system that records and s...

Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where they live had never been made—until now.

Mobile genetic elements (MGEs), including plasmids and viruses, drive microbial evolution and ecosystem dynamics, yet their distribution, host range, and functions remain poorly understood, especially...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen that forms chronic infections in people with cystic fibrosis. Often P. aeruginosa strains are lysogens, infected with proviruses, that ...

Humans and animals are ubiquitously colonized by Enterobacteriaceae , a bacterial family that contains both commensals and clinically significant pathogens. Here, we report Enterobacteriaceae megaplas...

SciLifeLab researchers Maliheh Mehrshad and Camilla Engblom are appointed Wallenberg Academy Fellows, and receive five-year basic research grants.

Abstract. Extracting and directly amplifying DNA from small-volume, low-biomass samples would enable rapid, ultra-high-throughput analyses, facilitating th