Microorganisms are the gears that run Earth’s biogeochemical cycles. The metabolic capacity of microbial life on our planet is quite astounding, encompassing a vast range of energy-generating pathways ...

Over the past 20 years, life science research has come to realize that all living beings—from the simplest animal and plant organisms to humans—live in close association with a large number of ...

All plants and animals are host to a community of microorganisms, their microbiotas, which have crucial influences on the life history and performance of their hosts. Despite the importance of such ...