Researchers have built a series of AI-driven and computational tools that scan microbial genomes to detect bacterial defense systems against viruses, many of which were invisible to earlier methods.

A trusted and essential resource for more than four decades, Laboratory Guide for Identification of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria returns in a fully updated fourth edition. This guide remains the most ...

Growth of bacterial cultures in Petri dishes. Credit: Sylvia Suter, University Hospital Basel Unknown germs are a common occurrence in hospitals. Researchers at the University of Basel have spent many ...

Identification of microbes joins together the discipline of microbiology with the study of infectious diseases. Methods of reliable and accurate microbial identification are valuable to a wide range ...