A new study shows crop species, and not soil type, primarily determines the beneficial functions provided by root-associated ...

Ocean microbes control Earth's carbon cycle. Scientists found a simpler way to understand how these tiny organisms shape our ...

A new study from Hong Kong reports that some of the microbes found in a range of urban environments are evolving to resist the cleaners we typically use to eliminate them. Just like humans, every city ...

Boiling hot water bubbles up into pools of vibrant teal and blue. The steam rises, burning anyone who gets too close. The water is acidic—sometimes as acidic as stomach acid. Microbes in a hot spring ...