The non-descript, pill-shaped cell is why we understand fundamental life processes (think DNA replication and transcription).

Microbiologists from around the world used strands of bacteria to create artwork inside of petri dishes for the 2015 Agar Art Contest, sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology.

As we enter 2017, Nature Microbiology completes its first year as a journal dedicated to publishing work of the highest quality from across the field. And what a year it has been. We take this ...

“It was so cool.” Two decades later, Dr. Kozik still considers her science fair project, for which she won first place, one of her first formal forays into the field of microbiology.

An 18-month project to map the microbes that populate the New York City subway system—which include the germs that cause food poisoning, meningitis and even bubonic plague—shows how commuters ...