Here the authors leverage a crossfeeding, engineered microbial community to demonstrate that strain abundance cycles are robust across environmental conditions. They pair this with a nonlinear dynamic model to elucidate population cycles.

In this Perspective, Estrela and Huang discuss nutrient starvation in the context of the gut microbiome, outlining what is known and highlighting key questions for future research to address knowledge gaps.

Nature - The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

Accurate detection of mutations within bacterial species is critical for fundamental studies of microbial evolution, reconstructing transmission events, and identifying antimicrobial resistance mutati...

Gene redundancy complicates systematic characterization of gene function as single-gene deletions may not produce discernible phenotypes. We report dual transposon sequencing (dual Tn-seq), a platform...

Microbial co-occurrence network inference is often hindered by low accuracy and tool dependency. We introduce microbetag, a comprehensive software ecosystem designed to annotate microbial networks. No...

Over the past decades, medication use has steadily increased worldwide, with individuals frequently taking multiple medications (polypharmacy), often repeatedly over extended periods of time (1). Yet,...

Despite Cutibacterium acnes being the most abundant and prevalent bacteria on human skin, only a single type of phage has been identified that infects this host. Here, we leverage this one-to-one syst...

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 22 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41579-025-01237-zFusobacterium nucleatum is a commensal microorganism and opportunistic pathogen, with a pathogenic role in periodontal disease, inflammatory bowel disease and various cancers, most notably colorectal cancer. This Review discusses F. nucleatum and its ecological niches and virulence factors, links with disease, oncogenic mechanisms, and emerging diagnostic approaches and therapeutic strategies.

Revealing insights into the function of microbial communities requires moving beyond measuring bulk taxonomic composition to detecting interactions between subpopulations. Following the transformative...

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes - Probiotic-mediated modulation of gut microbiome in students exposed to academic stress: a randomized controlled trial

Archaea regularly interact with bacteria but reports of archaea killing bacteria are very rare. This study shows that many archaea encode peptidoglycan hydrolases, which specifically target bacterial ...

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes - Probiotic-mediated modulation of gut microbiome in students exposed to academic stress: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract. The Indri indri is a critically endangered lemur species that has not successfully been maintained or bred under human care. Investigating this l