Raman microspectroscopy offers microbiologists a rapid and non-destructive technique to
assess the chemical composition of individual live microorganisms in near real time. In this …

Biofilms are widespread in nature and constitute an important strategy implemented by
microorganisms to survive in sometimes harsh environmental conditions. They can be …

Most microbial communities consist of a genetically diverse assembly of different organisms,
and the level of genetic diversity plays an important part in community properties and …

Microbial functioning refers to microbial activity because only the active microorganisms
drive biogeochemical processes. Despite the importance of active microorganisms, most …

Classical definitions of syntrophy focus on a process, performed through metabolic
interaction between dependent microbial partners, such as the degradation of complex …

Microbial communities are essential to the function of virtually all ecosystems and
eukaryotes, including humans. However, it is still a major challenge to identify microbial cells …

Compositional diversity is a fundamental property in cell populations. Single‐cell analysis
promises new insight into this cellular heterogeneity on the genomic, transcriptomic …

The ability of microorganisms to withstand long periods with extremely low energy input has
gained increasing scientific attention in recent years. Starvation experiments in the …

Direct visualization of metabolic dynamics in living animals with high spatial and temporal
resolution is essential to understanding many biological processes. Here we introduce a …

Highlights•Emerging complimentary approaches to study diverse anaerobic digestion
communities.•Metagenomics enables reconstruction of genomes to explore functional …