Microbiome

Bat guts become less healthy through diet of ‘fast food’ from banana plantations

September 23, 2021

By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour, science writer Pallas’s long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) feeding on banana flowers. Image credit: Julian Schneider New research [...]

Microbes in cow stomach can break down plastic

July 2, 2021

Microbes in cow stomachs can break down plastics, representing an eco-friendly way to reduce litter: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology [...]

Chief Editor Marc Strous is made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

May 5, 2021

Marc Strous is a renowned microbial ecologist and Specialty Chief Editor of the Microbial Physiology and Metabolism section in Frontiers in Microbiology. [...]