Microbes and insects often interact in a delicate symbiosis. The microbes provide nutrients that the insects need and the insects provide a home for the microbes. In the case of the cicada-microbe int...
As COVID-19 spreads around the world, more and more things such as conferences, schools, and large events such as SXSW are being canceled – an effort to halt the spread of the virus and reduce t...
In this edition of This Month in Microbiology, we feature the Contamination World Cup, huge phages, coronavirus resources, and bacterial warfare....
This post is part of the Meet a Microbe series on the blog. Check it out to meet other microbes! The vineyard becomes the lab in investigations of Botrytis cinerea. It’s a “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” ty...
I probably spend way too much time on Twitter browsing the latest science news and getting distracted by all the cool things in the microbial world. Yes, Science Twitter is a great place to find relev...