Most people see their kitchen as a clean space for preparing meals. Yet, some common kitchen items and areas can harbor more ...

Invisible in their trillions, microbes dwell in our bodies, grow in soils, live on trees and are integral to planetary health. Yet the huge oversized roles these teeming biodiverse microbial ...

Previous insights into microbial communities in groundwater have been based primarily on more easily available samples of cells floating freely in the water. However, prior studies already indicated ...

Microbial communities, though invisible to the naked eye, are vitally important to planetary health and to Earth’s ecosystems. But they are often neglected in conservation strategies. Like other ...