Parliament

​Microbiologists must seize the day - and make their mark on policy

2025-03-31T00:01:00+01:00

Microbiologists need to seize opportunities to engage with policymaking in order to move towards better, more scientifically informed policy that serves the common good, a new paper published in Sustainable Microbiology urges.

Get unlimited access to The Microbiologist

The Microbiologist provides detailed information on the latest research, topics, reviews, events and news on a wide variety of microbiological topics.

Subscribe

Members of Applied Microbiology International get unlimited access as a benefit. Find out more about AMI Membership

Subscription Promo Image

Food security

low-res (11)

Miso made in space tastes nuttier, researchers on the ISS find

A new study reveals how researchers successfully made miso on the International Space Station (ISS). They found that the miso smelled and tasted similar to miso fermented on Earth—just with a slightly nuttier, more roasted flavor. The team hopes this research will help broaden the culinary options available to astronauts.

Diatom_algae_(Bacillariophyta)

A borrowed bacterial gene allowed some marine diatoms to live on a seaweed diet

2025-04-01T18:01:00+01:00By

A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, thanks to a bacterial gene picked up by an ancestor, a new study shows.