Published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
A global assessment of the structure and function of the crop microbiome is urgently needed for the development of effective and rationally designed microbiome technologies for sustainable agriculture. Such an effort will provide new knowledge on the key ecological and evolutionary interactions between plant species and their microbiomes that can b...
Published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
A recent study reports that anthropogenic land use causes major changes in the diversity and taxonomic composition of reservoir hosts for pathogens, with implications for the emergence of zoonotic diseases.
Published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
A recent study investigated the physiological status of cells isolated from ~101.5 million year old sediment of the South Pacific Gyre.
Published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
This study found that extracellular DNA mediates efficient extracellular electron transfer by phenazines in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.
Published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
This month’s Under the Lens discusses dual-view light-sheet microscopy and how its use has revealed the dynamics of bacterial biofilm development, a fundamental process found in bacteria.
Published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
This month’s Genome Watch highlights how the search for the origins of SARS-CoV-2 emphasizes the need for integrated phylogenetic methods.
Published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
This paper found that cytoplasmic control of intranuclear polarity by human cytomegalovirus leads to segregation of viral DNA from heterochromatin, thus promoting virus replication.
Published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
This study found that Zika virus infection enhances future risk of severe dengue disease.
Published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
A recent study investigated bacterial–fungal symbioses and found that fungal responses to bacteria differed depending on whether the relationship was mutualistic or antagonistic.
Published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
A large genome dataset investigates the evolutionary history of Helicobacter pylori and its links to human migration.
