In natural soil, predatory bacteria grow faster than their prey.
Soil warming leads to more complex, larger, and more connected networks of microbes in those soils
Molybdenum Limits Microbes’ Ability to Remove Harmful Nitrate from Soil
Microbial cycling of phosphorus through reduction-oxidation reactions is older and more widespread than expected.
Lipids transfer energy and serve as an inter-kingdom communication tool in leaf-cutter ants’ fungal gardens.
A new data pipeline identifies metabolites following heavy isotope labeling.
White-rot fungi use lignin from wood as a source of carbon.
Fires increase the number of fungi when aspen groves regenerate.
Transcription of adjacent genes into a single RNA molecule is widespread in green algae, challenging understanding of gene expression in eukaryotes.
Conserved genomic neighborhoods provide a new discovery tool for understanding gene function in eukaryotes.
A novel computational framework allows researchers to quantify the relative importance of different ecological processes in the composition of microbiomes
A unique symbiotic signal is more common among microbes than previously believed and causes unexpected behaviors in pathogenic fungi.
