If you’re a microbiologist, the acronym HGT may have you thinking about horizontal gene transfer, the transfer of genes between microbes. But during the months of November and December, HGT takes on a...
Cultivating microorganisms in the lab has not always been what it is now. Thanks to Angelina Fanny Hesse (1850-1934), microbiologists now have a solid medium to grow microbes in the lab. Before Hesse ...
As the world watches the Olympics, the journal Nature Microbiology hosted the Microbial Olympics. Here are some highlights from this year’s Microbial Olympics events: (1) Synchronized swarming: ...
