The persistent contamination of terrestrial ecosystems with heavy metals, hydrocarbons, pesticides and emerging pollutants ...

A research team led by Prof. Li Dejun from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made significant strides in using synthetic microbial communities (SynCom) to ...

Warmer soils harbor a greater diversity of active microbes, according to a new study. The study represents a significant shift in our understanding of how microbial activity in the soil influences the ...

To find bioactive molecules with the potential to become new drugs less prone to antibiotic resistance, the researchers sequenced bacterial DNA extracted from soils from Rockefeller's field center in ...

Urban green spaces such as parks, gardens, and residential lawns play an essential role in supporting biodiversity, storing carbon, and improving human well-being. However, rapid urbanization is ...

(Beyond Pesticides, December 16, 2025) Through a literature review and data analysis of almost 2,000 soil samples, the authors of a recent study find negative effects on the presence of ...

A Caltech-led study published in Nature Microbiology found that drought conditions increase the abundance of antibiotic-resistant microbes in soil, establishing a direct link between climate-driven ...

Researchers discovered that microbes respire three times as much CO2 from lignin carbons compared to cellulose carbons. When soil microbes eat plant matter, the digested food follows one of two ...

Beneath our feet lies a hidden pharmaceutical frontier: soil microbes are yielding new antibiotic leads just as scientists race to outpace the global rise of antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial ...