This article explains why soil remains a vital source of new antibiotics, showing how modern tools are reviving discovery ...

Metagenomics relies on the use of software programs called assemblers, which can reconstruct tens of thousands of individual microbial genomes from DNA sequencing of samples such as soil, bodily ...

Microplastics are now widely recognized as pollutants in oceans and waterways, but a growing body of research suggests they may pose equally serious risks on land. A new review highlights how ...

- Proceeds to fund expansion of leading-edge, interdisciplinary drug discovery platform and advance a preclinical pipeline initially focused on oncology and infectious diseases - Funding led by ...

QUT researchers have recovered the genomes of more than 24,000 previously unknown microbial species—some from entirely new branches of life that likely evolved before plants and animals. The microbes ...

From deep-sea vents to other harsh habitats, researchers uncovered a vast microbial resource rich in novel genes and biosynthetic clusters, then used AI-guided screening to identify peptide candidates ...