Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) and electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry has become an important tool in the life sciences. Recently, mass spectrometry methods have been ...

Changing the way microbes are classified can reveal similarities among mammals' gut microbiomes, according to a new study. The study, published in mBio, proposed an alternative method for classifying ...

Will Raman spectroscopy one day find its way into the dental operatory as an oral health assessment and caries detection tool? Compared to microbiology techniques, Raman spectroscopy offers the ...

At the request of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, two committees established by the National Research Council organized workshops to identify promising new approaches to the ...

We know the genes, but not their functions—to resolve this long-standing bottleneck in microbial research, a joint research team has proposed a cutting-edge research strategy that leverages artificial ...

In Compares a traditional (top) and a new innovative method (bottom) for estimating microbial biomass carbon (MBC) in soils. The new approach uses air-drying and rewetting instead of toxic chemicals ...