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Second year medical student Caleb Morin reveals what happened during his Applied Microbiology International-sponsored Summer Placement at the University of Galway investigating wastewater surveillance for monitoring yellow fever virus.

In a world overrun by petroleum-based plastics, scientists are searching for alternatives that are more sustainable, more biodegradable and far less toxic to the environment.

The Microbiologist chats with our new Global Ambassador for Brazil, Sergio L Alves jr, Associate Professor at the Federal University of Fronteira Sul (UFFS).

Toxin/antitoxin defence systems in bacteria need to be better understood if the potential of phage therapy is to be realised, a new review suggests.

The Covid-19 pandemic uncovered fracture lines in society that have the potential to destabilize free societies by internal and external groups using misinformation on social media, a new review warns.

The Microbiologist chats with our new Global Ambassador for Finland, Suni Mathew, a senior researcher at the University of Turku who studies the effects of heavy metal pollution on plant-associated microbial communities in Arctic ecosystems.

Scientists in Ecuador have developed a new method to detect and diagnose a virus that devastates crops of babaco, a fruit plant of economic importance to local farmers.

Scientists have discovered antibiotic resistance mechanisms called efflux pumps in archaea for the first time.

Raw meat-based diets for pets can serve as a vehicle for multi-drug resistant pathogens, posing significant risks to their owners, a new study has found.

The Microbiologist gets to know our new Global Ambassador for Saudi Arabia, Alexandre S Rosado, who is Professor of Bioscience at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.