Homepage Newsroom Microbiology (Biology and Medicine) Microbiology (Biology and Medicine) All News Article Video Select type All News Article Video A new Achilles heel of the bacterial cell wall July 18, 2023 Microbiology (B&M) How a single regulatory protein acts as a multi-tool of bacterial cell wall remodeling more An expensive deal June 15, 2023 Microbiology (B&M) To maintain a costly ability, harmful gut bacteria use a clever toxin-antitoxin system more Fluctuations by the minute May 31, 2023 Microbiology (B&M) Physiology Measurements in single living bacterial cells reveal large periodic fluctuations of bacterial metabolism more Keeping competitors away drives colonization success in the plant microbiota April 03, 2023 Microbiology (B&M) Plant Research (B&M) Scientists have identified chemical strategies that bacteria use to keep competitors at bay more Thrifty trick for bacterial plastic upcycling February 08, 2023 Microbiology (B&M) Synthetic Biology Implementation of a newly discovered metabolic pathway increases the CO2 efficiency of PET-utilizing bacteria more Turning a poison into food January 19, 2023 Microbiology (B&M) Bacteria use an enzyme that traps harmful sulfite and converts it directly into useful sulfide more How gut bacteria evade the immune system January 06, 2023 Microbiology (B&M) New insight into how harmless gut bacteria avoid triggering inflammation more Revealing biochemical rings of power November 17, 2022 Chemistry (E&C) Microbiology (B&M) Genome mining uncovers a widespread class of natural products that could be candidates for future drugs more Bacterial Plasmid Segregation: Two Heads, One Hat November 15, 2022 Cell Biology Microbiology (B&M) An interdisciplinary study reveals a unified model for plasmid distribution in bacterial cell division more Microbes protect beetle larvae from pathogens September 27, 2022 Microbiology (B&M) Bacteria produce compound protecting the eggs, larvae, and pupae from fungal infections more Show more How gut bacteria evade the immune system January 06, 2023 Microbiology (B&M) New insight into how harmless gut bacteria avoid triggering inflammation more Gut microbes and humans on a joint evolutionary journey September 15, 2022 Microbiology (B&M) Researchers discover simultaneous evolutionary history of gut microbes with their human hosts over hundreds of thousands of years more Vital ventilation August 23, 2022 Climate Ecology (E&C) Microbiology (B&M) Stony corals use a refined built-in ventilation system to protect themselves from environmental stressors more All organisms produce methane March 09, 2022 Climate Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) The formation of the greenhouse gas is driven by reactive oxygen species more From the oilfield to the lab December 22, 2021 Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) A special microbe turns oil into gases all by itself more Scientific highlights 2021 December 22, 2021 Astronomy Astrophysics Biodiversity Climate Corona Earth Sciences Genetics Human History Immunobiology Infection Biology Language Medicine Microbiology (B&M) Neanderthals Psychology Quantum Physics Many publications by Max Planck scientists in 2021 were of great social relevance or met with a great media response. We have selected 12 articles to present you with an overview of some noteworthy research of the year more First overview of archaea in vertebrates October 26, 2021 Microbiology (B&M) Uncovering how host relatedness influences the diversity of archaea in the vertebrate gut more A beetle’s Achilles heel May 11, 2021 Biodiversity Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) The pesticide damages the microorganisms necessary for the formation of the exoskeleton of the saw-toothed grain beetle more Bacteria adapt syringe apparatus to changing conditions March 12, 2021 Microbiology (B&M) Proteins Study shows how pathogenic bacteria can adapt to varying conditions of the digestive tract more Starvation turns slime moulds into multicellular organisms February 24, 2021 Microbiology (B&M) Evolution How sulfur metabolism may have paved the way for the evolution of multicellularity more Show more Every grain of sand is a metropolis for bacteria December 05, 2017 Earth Sciences Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) A single sand grain harbours up to 100,000 microorganisms from thousands of species. more Microbial resident enables beetles to feed on a leafy diet November 16, 2017 Microbiology (B&M) Thistle tortoise beetles outsource the job of breaking down plant cell walls to a symbiotic bacterium more Algae with light switch September 29, 2017 Materials Sciences (M&T) Microbiology (B&M) The adhesion of Chlamydomonas, a unicellular alga, to surfaces is light-dependent more Ancient partnership between ciliates and bacteria July 13, 2017 Microbiology (B&M) Symbiotic ciliates and bacteria have a common ancestor more Oil as energy source for deep-sea creatures June 20, 2017 Ecology (B&M) Ecology (E&C) Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) Scientists discover mussels and sponges in the deep sea which can thrive on oil with the help of symbiont bacteria more Symbiotic bacteria: from hitchhiker to beetle bodyguard April 28, 2017 Microbiology (B&M) Plant Research (B&M) Bacterial symbionts transition between plant pathogenicity and insect defensive mutualism more Gut bacteria affect ageing April 18, 2017 Ageing Microbiology (B&M) Physiology The life expectancy of older fish is extended if their gut is colonized with the microorganisms of younger fish. more Sunken logs serve as habitats in the deep sea January 27, 2017 Biodiversity Microbiology (B&M) Organisms from the nutrient-deficient deep sea depend on wood as source of energy more Bodyguards in the gut have a chemical weapon January 22, 2017 Microbiology (B&M) Symbiotic bacteria produce antibiotics to clear harmful pathogens from the gut of caterpillars more A virus as a symbiosis partner December 09, 2016 Infection Biology Microbiology (B&M) The mavirus provides single-celled organisms with immunity against a giant virus more Show more On a research voyage with the 'Meteor' Video November 10, 2011 Climate Microbiology (B&M) Scientists discover newe hydrothermal vents in the Atlantic more
