Now, they need to uncover the function of individual microbes in each community and how those species communicate with each other, their hosts, and their environment. (kavlifoundation.org)
The study thereby introduces a new possible control mechanism — enabled by social interactions among individual microbes — that may help to explain the massive reservoir of carbon and other nutrients in soil. (sciencedaily.com)
A newer, far less selective way of plumbing the ocean's microscopic diversity is to isolate individual genes, not individual microbes. (discovermagazine.com)