Microbe Magazine

Benzimidazole—a fused, bicyclic ring compound that resembles a purine and is active against parasites—surprisingly inhibits both gram-negative and -positive bacterial biofilms, including those formed by pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, More...

Properly configured for safety, Salmonella cells can serve as versatile carriers for delivering antigens as part of vaccines to protect against infectious diseases, according to Qingke Kong at the Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccinology at Arizona State Univer... More...

By studying the fungus Neurospora tetrasperma, Hanna Johannesson of Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden, and her collaborators are gaining insights into the early evolution of sex chromosomes—most notably how, in regions of suppressed recombination, such chromosom... More...

Manganese (Mn)-modifying microorganisms may provide a means for recovering this mineral from mining scraps and deep-sea nodules, according to geomicrobiologist L. B. Sukla from the Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR) and his collaborators there and at Siksha O Anusandhan Univers... More...

Fungi not only undergo horizontal gene transfers (HGT)—exchanges of genetic material between species, according to Thomas A. Richards of the University of Exeter in England and his collaborators there and at the Natural History Museum in London. The process also fundamentally shaped how eukaryoti... More...

Experts are challenging long-standing criteria for determining bacterial vaginosis (BV) as “a relative lack of Lactobacillus species,” arguing that this single species-based definition is too narrow. “New information shows that the healthy vaginal microbiome can be ... More...