The human body may seem like a single, self-contained system, but it actually hosts trillions of microscopic organisms. These ...

A mosquito is very small, but its bite can be fatal to a human. A mosquito's midgut is a biological gatekeeper that separates ...

The holobiont paradigm finally recognizes that macroorganism development and health, like all other natural ecosystems, are influenced by the diverse microbial communities they host. However, ...

Though a founding concept of ecology suggests that the physical environment determines where organisms can survive, modern scientists have suspected there is more to the story of how microbial ...

Every animal carries a microscopic community of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes that play a critical role in health.

Urban parks are a vital component of urban ecosystems and provide distinctive habitats for soil microorganisms. Yet ...

Systems microbiology now generates data at unprecedented scale across microbial community composition and function, host biology, and environmental ...