Dust particles are far from inert. Instead, they harbor complex microbial communities, which we are only beginning to understand.
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A giant, amoeba-infecting virus survives by spatially reorganizing translation to overcome genetic mismatches with its host.
Scientists turn dental floss into a potential vaccine tool, targeting a hidden immune hotspot along the gum line.
Gut bacteria predict asthma and COPD years ahead, outperforming smoking history, via the gut-lung axis
MicroBites 5 year anniversary! Let’s have a look at the past five years in numbers.
How different forms of iron affect the efficacy of common antibiotics inside the gut’s microbial community.
Vitamin C, an unexpected underdog, helps disrupt bacterial biofilms and restores the effectiveness of antibiotics against drug-resistant infections
Perseverance finds minerals and organics in Jezero Crater—could these be signs of ancient microbial life on Mars?
What they found was fascinating! Each protein source created its own unique set of gut microbiome, almost like a fingerprint.
Preventing our past from becoming our future might require an understudied domain of life – and a computer!
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