STREAMS guidelines: standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated microbiome studies
New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM, USA Julia M. Kelliher Department of Microbiology, Genetics, and Immunology, Michigan State…
‘Fire amoeba’ survives in hotter conditions than any other complex cell
Hot springs at at Lassen Volcanic National Park in California, where the heat-tolerant amoeba was discovered.Credit: Kelly Vandellen/iStock…
how researchers harness pee and poo for science
As Mathilde Poyet ushers me through the Global Microbiome Conservancy’s laboratory in Kiel, Germany, I’m met with all…
Structure-guided design of a synthetic bile acid that inhibits Clostridioides difficile TcdB toxin
Theriot, C. M. et al. Antibiotic-induced shifts in the mouse gut microbiome and metabolome increase susceptibility to Clostridium…
Exploring the concept of bacterial memory
Richards, B. A. & Frankland, P. W. The persistence and transience of memory. Neuron 94, 1071–1084 (2017). Article …
Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers
Silhavy, T. J., Kahne, D. & Walker, S. The bacterial cell envelope. Cold Spring Harb. Perspect. Biol. 2,…
Genome sequencing for prevention of health-care-associated bacterial infections
WHO Team Infection Prevention and Control (IPC). Global report on infection prevention and control. WHO https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240051164 (2022). Warren,…
Current and projected effects of climate change in cryosphere microbial ecosystems
Fox-Kemper, B. et al. Ocean, Cryosphere, and Sea Level Change 1211–1362 (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge Univ.…
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
A colony of Streptomyces coelicolor bacteria secretes an antibiotic compound (red) into the surrounding medium.Credit: Dr Jeremy Burgess/Science…
How Napoleon’s army met its doom: DNA reveals surprise illnesses had a role – Nature
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How nutrient starvation impacts the gut microbiome
Kjelleberg, S. Starvation in Bacteria (Springer, 1993). Finkel, S. E. Long-term survival during stationary phase: evolution and the…
Polymyxin B lethality requires energy-dependent outer membrane disruption
Fanous, J. et al. Limited impact of Salmonella stress and persisters on antibiotic clearance. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08506-6 (2025). Article …