Microbe Magazine

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Measuring the Costs of Microbial Mutualism
Nature abounds with mutually beneficial interactions between species, a subject that captivates many biologists. How does mutualism arise, and what is its impact on community processes? To address such questions, we are studying two simple forms of mutualism that are based on exchanges of metabol...
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Microbes Helping To Improve Crop Productivity
Nearly 1 billion people go hungry every day, and providing food for them is one of the great challenges facing humanity, a challenge that continues to grow. Arable land and water for irrigation are limited resources, while the productivity gains from the Green Revolution are now mostly part of th...
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The Tangled Banks of Ants and Microbes
This quote, commonly referred to as the “tangled bank,” is one of the most well-known passages in Darwin's On the Origin of Species. When reading it, either to myself or when giving a lecture, I am reminded of the complexity of our natural world. For me, this passage brings to life th...
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