Ryan Hunter, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, recently created a device to study anaerobic bacteria alongside oxygenated cells, simulating microenvironments within the body.

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water ...

Peter H. Gilligan, Ph.D., D(ABMM) emeritus and F(AAM) was a medical microbiologist at UNC Health for 35 years. Here, he ...

the International Union of Microbiological Societies and the American Society for Microbiology brought us (the authors) together in December 2023 — as a group of microbiologists, public-health ...

This week, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and the International Union for Microbiological Societies (IUMS) released Microbial Solutions for Climate Change, a report developed by their ...

In recognition of World Water Day (22 March) and the global threat of AMR, the Microbiology Society has published a new policy briefing outlining the current state of AMR in wastewater. The new ...

Published in the American Society for Microbiology's journal mSphere, the study is the first to identify viruses associated with Karenia brevis, the single-celled organism that causes red tide.By ...

Two of those researchers — virologist Keith Jerome, MD, PhD, and evolutionary biologist Jesse Bloom, PhD — were recently elected to the 2025 class of fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology.

A new study led by researchers at the University of South Florida shines light on the environmental drivers of red tide blooms. Identifying viruses associated with red tide can help researchers better ...

It can also cause skin infections. The microbe is closely related to the one that causes tuberculosis and is naturally resistant to many antibiotics. Infections often require a year or more of a ...

A Pew Research Center survey revealed that the percentage of Americans who believe science has a mostly positive effect on society dropped from 73% in 2019 to 57% in 2023 Furthermore, a study by ...

According to these aims, the Research Topic “Insights in terrestrial microbiology: 2023/2024” collected nine articles that address several important aspects of the microbial community of soil ...