Online research projects like the organonitrogen degradation (ONDB) database teach students bioinformatics, collaboration and scientific thinking skills, regardless of location or laboratory access.

Studies of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill using 'omics technologies revealed important microbial community dynamics that will enable better, more data-driven responses to future environmental disasters.

If it weren’t for microbes, we would be swimming in our own sewage: microbial digestion underlies the bulk of modern wastewater management.