Seven years after the publication of the first microbial genome sequence — that of Haemophilus influenzae — the roster of microbial genomes has topped 100. Despite early fears that whole-genome ...

While teaching a class on coarse-graining methods in physics, James O'Dwyer realized that the technique could be used to understand how microbes evolve over time. The results, published in PNAS, ...

Recent research has expanded on the idea that the trees around us are far more complex than they appear. Hidden beneath bark and throughout the roots are vast communities of microbes, trillions of ...

Bacteria, one of the three major branches of the tree of life, are a fuzzy bit of foliage. While scientists know there are many unidentified species, they have not been classified or characterized ...

Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign While teaching a class on coarse-graining methods in physics, James O'Dwyer realized that the technique could be ...