Micro-organisms constitute a very antique group of living organisms which appeared on the Earth’s surface almost 3000 million years ago. The questions arising from the study of the origin and ...

Beyond bacteria, fungi and archaea are emerging as powerful regulators of digestion, immunity, and disease risk, revealing ...

Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes. By Carl Zimmer Hundreds of scientists have joined together to save a group of species from ...

Flesh-eating” bacteria is spreading. Infectious fungi are emerging. Microbiomes may never be the same. Are we ready?