For example, damage to leaves might be caused by a pathogen or grazing animals. The scientists will try to identify any environmental causes such as pollution that might be affecting the plants.

Schneider researches quorum-sensing molecules—the way in which bacteria communicate by producing small molecules in their local environment—specifically Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a Gram-negative ...

A new technique known as phylowave showed potential to identify differences in fitness among viral and bacterial pathogens, based on data from a study including SARS-CoV-2, influenza A subtype ...