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N. intermedia fungus is converting waste food into appetizing, healthier, and sustainable food alternatives.

As global temperatures rise, antibiotic resistance is quietly growing beneath our feet.

Could a new deep-sea bacterium protect the oceans from plastic contaminants?

Researchers are learning that the microbes in your stomach interact with your brain, hormones, and immune system in addition to aiding in food digestion. Unexpectedly, biological sex might have a r…

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How gut microbes influence cancer development by either stifling or accelerating it through direct contact or indirect signaling.

How gut microbes fuel brain inflammation in Alzheimer’s and how fixing gut health might help

A new computational approach rethinks how probiotics are discovered, shifting the search to microbes selected for the metabolic functions.

Eye-colonizing microbe engineered to deliver IL-10 to enhance corneal tissue repair.

The relationship between air pollution, microbiome, & health outcomes, highlighting the lung-gut interactions.

Systematic analysis indicates that biosurfactants produced by isolated bacteria from the Nigerian coastal ecosystem can degrade crude oil hydrocarbons.

The move from milk to solid food doesn’t go unnoticed: taste, microbiota, and, strikingly, immune responses shift.

Can person-to-person interactions define your innermost microbes?

Evaluation of a platform for diagnosis of hepatitis B virus through just a fingerstick blood sample.

Toxoplasma gondii’s ability to form cysts may protect the host from extensive brain damage.

Bacterial genus CAG-170 linked to healthy gut microbiomes worldwide has been uncovered using data analysis and computational tools

Novel ‘TriPcides’ shatter bacterial defense and kill dormant cells

Human anti-viral defense system finds ancestry in bacteria

Evaluation of a platform for diagnosis of hepatitis B virus through just a fingerstick blood sample.

Dust particles are far from inert. Instead, they harbor complex microbial communities, which we are only beginning to understand.

The Secret Lives of Single-Cells: Why it is essential we start discovering bacterial behavior at the level of the individual.

Testosterone secreted on the skin can inadvertently signal bacteria to turn virulent, linking host hormones to increased infection severity.

A study shows Vibrio bacteria use T6SS to inject deadly toxins into shrimp.

Aflatoxin, a toxic fungi, can lurk in foods. Researchers are exploring a natural solution: probiotic bacteria found in yoghurt. Can these friendly microbes help to make our food safe?

Novel enzymes can break down plastics into biodegradable compounds. This process can be accelerated by adding biofilms to the mix.

How does a tiny bacterium rewire mating decisions?

Bacteria and their viral predators fought an unexpected battle in microgravity that might one day help us combat antibiotic-resistant infections.

Opening a new window into the diverse and ecological roles of viruses living in our soils.

Bees got buzz on the brain thanks to their gut microbiome!

In this interview, researcher Andreas Keppler explains how plants determine whether to fight or welcome the microbes that colonize them.

Long before sharing toys, children share microbes among each other. An unexpected networking event, happening in nurseries!

Scientists have recently developed adaptable “train model” vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 variants, showing promising animal trial results with robust antibody responses and reduced viral loads, aim…

A collection of mosquito microbiome

Scientists turn dental floss into a potential vaccine tool, targeting a hidden immune hotspot along the gum line.

Dust particles are far from inert. Instead, they harbor complex microbial communities, which we are only beginning to understand.

A giant, amoeba-infecting virus survives by spatially reorganizing translation to overcome genetic mismatches with its host.

How microgravity can help fungi’s pathogenicity

While the ability to degrade plastics might seem beneficial, it poses a threat to the integrity of medical devices and increases the risk of infections.

Scientists turn dental floss into a potential vaccine tool, targeting a hidden immune hotspot along the gum line.

N. intermedia fungus is converting waste food into appetizing, healthier, and sustainable food alternatives.

Gut bacteria predict asthma and COPD years ahead, outperforming smoking history, via the gut-lung axis

How different forms of iron affect the efficacy of common antibiotics inside the gut’s microbial community.

Vitamin C, an unexpected underdog, helps disrupt bacterial biofilms and restores the effectiveness of antibiotics against drug-resistant infections

Excerpt (maximum 20 words): Perseverance finds minerals and organics in Jezero Crater—could these be signs of ancient microbial life on Mars?

MicroBites 4 year anniversary! Let’s have a look at the past four years in numbers.

Though the soil microbiome manages to thrive through the harshest ecosystems, scientists thought them limited by their access to organic carbon sources… until now.

Meet the methane-munching bacteria that make their own molecular wires, paving the way for a sustainable future!