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Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41579-026-01375-yIn this study, Semon and colleagues examine the role of Clostridioides difficile colonization in early life and its lasting effects on host development.

The University of Maine is a community of more than 11,900 undergraduate and graduate students, and 2,500 employees located on the Orono campus, the regional campus in Machias, and throughout the stat...

Mengjie Wu, Zhonghua Cai, Jin Zhou; Phage Triggers Spatial Sporulation Defense Trade-offs, The ISME Journal, , wrag209, https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrag

After harmful bacteria are removed by water treatment, the genetic information that enables antimicrobial resistance can persist.

The future position holder will lead an internationally recognized research program that combines excellent basic research with clear perspectives for

Researchers reveal microbial metabolic pathways driving high levels of a climate-relevant sulfur compound in Antarctic sea ice and identify key microbes that may shape sulfur cycling and cli...

Inadequate wastewater treatment may accelerate the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Makumbi et al. show that extracellular DNA (exDNA) in wastewater and river systems is an overlooked but imp...

Microbiomes influence how efficiently a child’s body extracts and uses nutrients from food for growth and development.

Africa's spectacular biodiversity is overshadowed by a critical knowledge gap in microbial science. Discover how the African Microbiome Project, led by Stellenbosch University, aims to transform our u...

Microbiomes influence how efficiently a child’s body extracts and uses nutrients from food for growth and development.

My name is Nobuhle Kaylee Kambunga, and I am a second-year master's student at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. I have recently been accepted...

Scientific breakthroughs infrequently translate into startups without structured training. Stanford’s BioEntrepreneurship Bootcamp teaches a practical framework for navigating bench-to-business transl...

Inadequate wastewater treatment can drive the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), threatening ecosystems and human health. Extracellular DNA (ex…

Using individual-level data from the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register and fecal metagenomes of 14,979 individuals in Sweden, the authors examined the association between oral antibiotic use over 8 yea...

Abstract. Most microbes grow in spatially structured communities, and this profoundly shapes their ecology and evolution. At the microscale, short interact

Abstract. Despite advances in sequencing, microbial genomics, and cultivation techniques, the vast majority of prokaryotic species remain uncultured, which

Effects of environmental stressor factor number on soil common, rare, and unknown taxa. High-stressor numbers reduce the abundance and diversity of rare taxa but increase unknown taxa and had no effe...

Vaginal birth, exclusive breastfeeding and early contact with siblings promote colonization of the infant gut with bifidobacteria capable of producing aromatic lactates, a microbial and metabolite sig...

Precious Matsoso is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.

Abstract. Despite an ever-expanding number of bacterial taxa being discovered, many of these taxa remain uncharacterized with unknown traits and environmen

Abstract. Comparisons of long-read and short-read (meta)genome assemblies typically show that short-read sequence assemblies are less error-prone, but stru

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Abstract. The pervasive availability of publicly available microbial genomes has opened many new avenues for microbiology research, yet it also demands rob

Terrestrial polar cyanobacteria persist at the cold limits of life, enduring a suite of extreme stressors including sub-zero temperatures, frequent freeze–thaw cycles, oligotrophic soils, variable lig...

Four years after a global pledge to end deforestation, the amount of money going toward conserving and restoring forests is not enough, the analysis found.

Soil microbes act as below-ground defenders against desertification by several mechanisms, such as rhizosheath formation, necromass accumulation, biological soil crusts, exopolysaccharide (EPS) produc...

Abstract. Harnessing antibiotic-producing microorganisms that antagonize pathogens represents a sustainable approach for plant disease management. However,