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FeaturesBiodeterioration and bioconservation of Mayan historical monuments: two sides of a coin
How understanding the microbiology of ancient sites is allowing researchers to preserve cultural heritage.
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FeaturesPostdoc Appreciation Week
We held a Q&A for postdocs from the University of Liverpool and The Quadram Institute to showcase their skills beyond research, and their views on the importance of postdocs within microbiology.
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FeaturesA double-tap strategy for dislodging superbugs: combined use of phage and probiotics
How we can use a combined approach to therapy to overcome the challenges associated with each part of the whole.
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FeaturesAncient skeletal remains and the invention of agriculture: effects on the oral microbiome
How the oral microbiome adapted to the system of agricultural subsistence across the millennia of paleolithc and neolithic history.
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FeaturesSourcing the next generation of drug leads from the human microbiome
Could the answers to the problem of antimicrobial resistance be found inside the human body?
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FeaturesMicrobiota medicine: From revolutionary breakthrough to sustainable development
Professor Faming Zhang details how and why to recognise microbiota medicine as a clinical discipline.
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FeaturesAntimicrobial resistance and phage therapy in India
The story that led to the formation of Vitalis Phage Therapy - the first of its kind initiative to establish frameworks for phage therapy in India.
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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.