Microbial communities are constantly exposed to the invasion of exogenous species, which can significantly alter their composition and function. The capacity of a microbial community to resist ...

Study: Quantifying the intra- and inter-species community interactions in microbiomes by dynamic covariance mapping. Image credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock.com A study published in Nature ...

Ran Tao, a Ph.D. student in the Mathijssen Lab at Penn Arts & Sciences, used nanofabircation tools at Penn’s Singh Center to create nanoscale tubes and microstructured environments that mimic the ...

In a surprising twist, gut pathogens like Salmonella are not repelled by fecal indole; instead, they exploit it to locate nutrient-rich environments, turning a microbial defense into a colonization ...

When we talk about microbiota, we usually think of the one inhabiting our gut. But there is another, less known and equally vital: the plant microbiota. In an article featured on the cover of Science, ...