microbiology
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Micro Farmers
By Cristina Luiggi
Dustin Rubenstein discusses how the discovery of amoebas that farm their own food links the development of agriculture with the evolution of social behavior.
Resistant to Failure
By Cristina Luiggi
A Duke University researcher survives a sticky situation at a federal research institution to make major strides in determining the genetic roots of Staphylococcus aureus antibiotic resistance.
Mining Bacterial Small Molecules
By L. Caetano M. Antunes, Julian E. Davies and B. Brett Finlay
As much as rainforests or deep-sea vents, the human gut holds rich stores of microbial chemicals that should be mined for their pharmacological potential.
Intestinal Molecular Signaling
Microbes, both good and bad, can exert direct effects on host cells and vice versa. For example, pathogenic bacteria such…
