Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...
Microbiome research needs to include more studies on viruses, fungi and the big picture of human gut ecology in order to harness the full potential of the microbiome in health and disease. The ...
The natural world teems with microorganisms. Billions of species of bacteria, archaea, viruses and fungi make up complex ecosystems in the soil, water and air. The activity of these microbes sustains ...
Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes. By Carl Zimmer Hundreds of scientists have joined together to save a group of species from ...