How a declining environment affects populations
Study finds that competition between bacterial species can be upended when conditions deteriorate.
Study finds that competition between bacterial species can be upended when conditions deteriorate.
Machine learning reveals metabolic pathways disrupted by the drugs, offering new targets to combat resistance.
Associate Professor Otto Cordero and colleagues discover simple assembly rules for marine microbiomes.
Drawn to MIT by its “amazing women who were doing science,” Professor Laura Kiessling explores sugar-protein interactions that influence cell behavior.
Results show bacterial genomes provide “shadow history” of animal evolution.
Climate-driven changes in phytoplankton communities will intensify the blue and green regions of the world’s oceans.
Institute Professor honored for discovering Prochlorococcus, the most abundant photosynthesizing organism on Earth.
Microbes screened with a new microfluidic process might be used in power generation or environmental cleanup.
Researchers develop a method to investigate how bacteria respond to starvation and to identify which proteins bind to the “magic spot” — ppGpp.
New research finds a unique component of cell membranes in an archaea species conveys protection against acidic surroundings.
Researchers refine a method to quantify protein production, show that the precision with which bacteria and eukaryotes tune their gene expression is remarkably similar.
“A diet or treatment of the microbiome may lead to increased diversity, but that does not mean it's better or healthier for you,” says the engineering professor.
Altered peptides from a South American wasp’s venom can kill bacteria but are nontoxic to human cells.
Study illuminates new mode of bacteria dispersal.
Global Microbiome Conservancy research reveals surprising new insights into human gut microbiomes.