February 2024 - New microbiology for sustainable agriculture
This special issue features content from across The Microbiologist on the use of nitrogen-fixing bacteria and their contribution towards more sustainable agricultural practices. The issue will be updated across the month of February 2024 and include news, features, careers and opinion. If you would like to feature your work in this issue, contact the editorial team.
Sustainable agriculture news
Researchers uncover a key link in legume plant-bacteria symbiosis
Researchers have identified four essential phosphorylation sites that act as the catalyst for the symbiotic relationship between legume plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Sustainable agriculture news
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New nitrogen-fixing bacteria for sustainable agriculture
Discover developments in biological nitrogen fixation technology and research, as sustainable agriculture becomes a hot topic.
Read storyOpinions on Sustainable agriculture
Microbial hydrogen cycling - the good, the bad and the ugly
With global populations looking likely to top 10 billion by the year 2050, the practices that we use to grow food need to adapt in kind - and what better way is there but to harness the innate power of microbes!
Food poisoning pathogen keeps bouncing back
A major food poisoning outbreak 30 years ago linked to a fast food chain changed how we tackle food safety - so why does the pathogen responsible keep popping up?
Food waste is a vital resource that could be mined to meet food security goals
Achieving sustainable solutions for food and nutritional security is a top global priority at present, with the drive to provide nutritionally balanced food to people around the world, and fulfil the target SDG 2.
Sustainable agriculture in Careers
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The special issue for March 2024 will be entitled Microbial control in pharmaceutical production. If you would like to feature your work in the next issue, please contact the editorial team. Access to previous special issues can be found here.
