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FeaturesThe pandemic potential of poxvirus infections
What can the causes of ancient pandemics, smallpox and viral evolution tell us about future threats?
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FeaturesThe need for education of the food-system microbiome
How to improve the efficiency of microbiome knowledge transfer in schools with far-reaching, beneficial outcomes for human health.
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FeaturesPromoting plant growth with the help of yeasts
How can microbe-based solutions be used as plant growth promoters for a more sustainable agriculture?
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FeaturesSolutions to the global burden of foodborne illness
Each year 7 June marks World Food Safety Day, encouraging global food safety awareness through open discussion to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks throughout the population.
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FeaturesA cider a day keeps the UTIs away
A tongue-in-cheek look at the science of UTI prophylaxis and infection, with a novel suggestion for a therapeutic strategy….
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FeaturesMicrobial solutions to dryland desertification
Covering more than 45% of the Earth’s surface, drylandsare home to ~3 billion humans (~37.5% of the population) and generate ~50% of global food production.
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FeaturesEarth Day 2023
Celebrating Earth’s microbiomes and how we can harness unusual microbes for wider applications around the world.
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FeaturesOomycete research in the mangroves of The Philippines
Continuing the legacy of oomycete research in The Philippines in the search for new species, novel sources of fatty acids and natural products.
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FeaturesMicrobiomics at the centre of sustainable microbiology
How can research in microbiology laboratories support feeding nearly 10 billion people by 2050 in a way that improves economic development, while reducing pressure on the environment?
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FeaturesBridging disciplines to explore the culture of fermentation
How do stories and experiences with fermentation create different microbial possibilities?
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FeaturesMicrobiomes in space: Advancements in diabetes research through space bioscience
Malta’s first space mission and discoveries on the microbiome of diabetic foot ulcers.
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FeaturesCannabis: The new antiviral hero?
Despite its long history of use, the plant remains largely misunderstood and stigmatised in many parts of the world.
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FeaturesThe dark biosphere
Researchers from the Centre for Astrobiology probe our understanding of the importance of Earth’s deep subsurface biogeochemical cycles on a planetary scale.
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Long ReadsA relationship with benefits: microfungi’s important role in plant health
Explore the work being done at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on the fungi associated with soil, seeds and plants and the future of fungal research.
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FeaturesGenomic microbiology as applied to animal forensics
From the origins of anthrax to advancements in the field, dive into the microbial forensics of livestock, wildlife and human cases.
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FeaturesMicrobial interactions of the necrobiome
Researchers from Michigan State University provide an update on basic research and forensic applications.
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FeaturesForensics through biofilm microbiology
In the fashion of the legendary phoenix, microbial life springs from decaying matter such as the carcass of an animal.
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FeaturesForensic microbiology from an entomological perspective
Bridging multiple disciplines within the forensic sciences helps us better understand how human remains decompose.
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FeaturesFungal Transformation and Biorecovery of Minerals, Metals and Metalloids
With growing concern over the management, conservation and recycling of world metal and mineral resources, it is clear that fungal capabilities may offer potentially useful solutions to an apparently insoluble problem.
