Authors present a global study revealing that drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae repeatedly acquires conjugative plasmids with aerobactin, boosting iron-scavenging ability without becoming ...

Human health depends on planetary health. Climate change, plastic pollution, soil degradation and biodiversity loss are ...

Computer scientist A. Murat Eren, who goes by Meren, is convinced that microbiology can contribute to solving many global challenges. In this interview, he talks about the astonishing progress the ...

Fueled by experimentation and imagination, we set out to grasp nature’s underlying design and purpose. A significant turning point came with decoding the genetic code, which revealed the basic ...

In 2023, researchers from many career stages and disciplines met at a field school in the Arctic to probe floating sea ice. It's an example of the kind of interdisciplinary training experience that ...

For online college students, the world of science often exists through the lens of lectures, videos and virtual simulations. But microbiology, by nature, is more of a tactile discipline that lends ...

Analysis demonstrates a lower bacterial burden in breakthrough surgical-site infections, with similar proportions of multidrug-resistant organisms between treatment groups ...

Our understanding of microbes' central role in host health & physiology, biogeochemical processes, and global change continues to expand. ESF's Microbiology program provides a basic education in the ...

Microbiologist Dan Buckley joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about microbiology. What's the fastest known bacteria? Is the zombie fungi from "The Last Of Us" realistic? Why is cat ...

We offer both a microbiology major and a microbiology minor, as well as a fifth-year master’s program that allows academically strong students to swiftly earn a graduate degree, enhancing their ...

Microbiology has a long history of deepening our understanding of the basic principles of life. Principle concepts in molecular biology trace their discovery to work in microbiology. The importance of ...

Applied microbiology is a scientific discipline that deals with the application of microorganisms and the knowledge about them. Applications include biotechnology, agriculture, medicine, food ...