The stakes could scarcely be higher. Scientists make key breakthrough in effort to protect food supply: 'We can better ...

In a recent study published in Cell, researchers used a multi-omics approach to profile the gut microbiomes and metabolomes of mothers and infants to determine the vertical and horizontal transmission ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a microbial community phenomenon that essentially equates to teaching neighbors how to complete necessary tasks by ripping out and sharing ...

DNA sequencing at the genome level may clarify evolutionary trees based on individual gene sequences--or muddy the waters further. "In the literature there's been a debate as to whether Thermotoga is ...

New research shows that one fruit fly species contains whole genomes of a kind of bacteria, making this finding the largest bacteria-to-animal transfer of genetic material ever discovered. The new ...