New method identifies ecologically and medically relevant bacteria groups.

Researchers identify a strategy to prevent mobile genetic elements from breaching the bacterial cell wall.

Study finds that competition between bacterial species can be upended when conditions deteriorate.

Machine learning reveals metabolic pathways disrupted by the drugs, offering new targets to combat resistance.

Associate Professor Otto Cordero and colleagues discover simple assembly rules for marine microbiomes.

An affordable, easy-to-use handheld sensor, soon to enter the market, can indicate the presence of bacterial contaminants in food in seconds.

Results show bacterial genomes provide “shadow history” of animal evolution.

Antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs may help combat lung cancer.

Microbes screened with a new microfluidic process might be used in power generation or environmental cleanup.

Researchers develop a method to investigate how bacteria respond to starvation and to identify which proteins bind to the “magic spot” — ppGpp.