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Biological War tells the story of a hypothetical but realistic pathogen that quickly causes anarchy and mass casualties around the world.

In this Review, Vasse and Velicer explore the phylogenetic and functional diversity of predators of microorganisms, conceptualizing the forms of microbial predation along gradients, including gradient...

We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're delighted to feature Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan, a PhD Candidate at the Western Sydney University.What underpins mycorrhizal ...

We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're delighted to feature Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan, a PhD Candidate at the Western Sydney University.What underpins mycorrhizal ...

Nature Microbiology, Published online: 07 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02335-1Microorganisms have tremendous potential to impact humanity, but such revelations are only possible in the light of foundational, discovery-based microbiology research.

Viruses develop tricks to attack bacteria without the help of gravity

A common mould has claimed the lives of two people, and left four others seriously ill. Here’s what you need to know.

After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.

In space, bacteriophages mutate in ways not seen on Earth, making them more effective at killing drug-resistant bacteria.

Researchers from a variety of disciplines and career stages share their tips for conferences held in person and online

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) are the cause of 70%–95% of community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTIs) and nearly one in two females will experience a UTI in their lifetime (1, 2). UPEC ...

The fungicidal polyene amphotericin B (AMB) is the oldest antifungal for the treatment of systemic infections, and it remains a critical broad-spectru…

The ‘mycobiome’ refers to the hundreds of species of fungi that normally live on and in our body.

Study identifies entirely new suite of enzymes that can make psilocybin

As daily updates about the 'mushroom murders' monopolised newsfeeds around the country, the What the Duck?! team started questioning the motives.  Not the human ones — the fungi ones. Why would a mus...

In this Review, Schüler and colleagues summarize our current knowledge of magnetosome formation and organization within the cell, and they explore their function, diversity and potential applications.

The Max Planck Society is good at attracting international postdocs but struggles to retain them, survey finds.

Termites enlist microbes to defend their crops from undesirable fungi

‎The Dr. Fungus app serves as a companion to the official Dr. Fungus website, the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium resource for fungal disease education. This app provides up-to-d...

Invasive aspergillosis (IA) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals, with an expanding spectrum of at-risk p…

Links between gut microbes and mental health could lead to large-scale trials of probiotic interventions.

This researcher began writing DNA sequences to compose his own music. He hopes to inspire more people towards the space between STEM and the arts.

A mycovirus drives the fitness of the lung-infecting fungus Aspergillus fumigatus under stress, helping it to survive within immune cells, and thus shaping its pathogenesis.

This is a significant scientific development, but several hurdles remain before we might see these antibiotics available for use.

This researcher began writing DNA sequences to compose his own music. He hopes to inspire more people towards the space between STEM and the arts.

US beef will soon be back on Australian menus. But how does it compare with home-grown beef? Three experts explain.

Prevention may be the best way to cope with the worldwide wave of treatment-resistant fungal pathogens.

The fungi within our bodies may have a much greater effect on our health than we've long given them credit for.

European Spine Journal - More than 10% of patients undergoing lumbar microdiscectomy for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation (LDH) develop failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) often without clear...

Aflatoxin can cause serious damage to the liver, including cancer. But contamination recalls are rare.

Aflatoxin can cause serious damage to the liver, including cancer. But contamination recalls are rare.

Infection-causing fungi responsible for millions of deaths a year will spread significantly to new regions as the planet heats up, new research predicts —and the world is not prepared.

So far there have been 221 cases of melioidosis and 31 deaths from the disease in 2025. A microbiologist explains what to know about this infection.

The gut microbiota is known to be associated with a variety of human metabolic diseases, including metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis (MASH). Fungi are increasingly recognized as importa...

Airborne device captures hitchhiking species from all over the world floating many kilometers above Earth’s surface

Using research to tackle a global health threat from fungi. Discover Medical Mycology -