Oak trees change their fine roots and "energize" soil microbes by supplying them with a cocktail of small organic compounds, ...

A new neural network system is helping scientists to identify meaningful patterns between gut bacteria, their metabolites and ...

With the help of methane-munching-microbes, these translucent sea spiders gobble up a potent greenhouse gas to stay alive.

Within the complex hierarchy of marine ecosystems, giant viruses are now being recognized as novel drivers of both ecological ...

A team of researchers has uncovered plant remains in the abdomen of a sauropod, providing direct evidence of their ...

Marine microbes swim towards their favorite food A tiny stroke for each microbe, a giant impact on the ocean Date: April 20, 2022 Source: University of Technology Sydney ...

Giant Bacterium Challenges Our View of Microbes. WRITTEN BY: Carmen Leitch 2. Microorganisms are everywhere in our world, and they come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. But it's been generally ...

In wetland soils, two types of microbes are locked in competition. Some microbes produce methane, a greenhouse gas up to 45 times stronger than CO2. But other microbes consume that methane, using ...

The world is full of microbes, and many of them like the taste of waste. Some carbon monoxide-loving microbes can be harnessed to transform waste into valuable biofuel.

Even after 100 million years buried in the seafloor, some microbes can wake up. And they’re hungry. An analysis of seafloor sediments dating from 13 million to nearly 102 million years ago found ...