A new study of the microbial ecosystem in sourdough finds that using different types of flour fosters distinct bacterial communities, and that these differences contribute to the variation of ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

Microbes are part of the food we eat and can influence our own microbiome, but we know very little about the microbes in our foods. Now, researchers have developed a database of the 'food microbiome' ...

A coral reef in Honolulu, Hawaii. Half of global coral coverage has disappeared since the 1950s. Donald Miralle via Getty Images Imagining a coral reef might bring to mind scenes teeming with fish, ...

Flour choice shapes the bacteria in sourdough starters, even though the same yeast dominates across all types.

Benjamin Wolfe receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the United State Department of Agriculture. I became very interested in how these home test kits work, what kind of information ...