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Microbes inhabit our bodies by the trillions, yet how they benefit us mostly remains a mystery. As scientists work with animals to illuminate that complex dynamic, they are excited about the potential microbes may hold for human health.

Bees, so crucial to our food supply, are dying off at alarming rates. CALS researchers are taking a close look at everything from the microbes in their hives to the landscapes they live in to identify in what conditions bees thrive.

A fungus causes the disease that has killed more than a million bats.

Scientist tracks how bacteria hitch ride on plants to get to humans.

We’ll never be 100 percent at spotting threats to our food. But what if the pathogens gave themselves up?

Gene sequence may offer new hints for combating plant pathogen.

A beetle’s newfound abilities remind us that life is always adapting to overcome our best strategies. How the eternal struggle for survival changes the way we farm.

Newly completed genome may reveal cold viruses’ weaknesses.

Soils may harbor a surprising prion killer.

When disease-causing microbes find their way in Wisconsin’s water supply, Sharon Long uses the tools of microbiology to spot them-and find their source.