BOSTON — Microbes found stowed inside giant crystals in caves in Chihuahua ... of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are not close to any known genus scientists ...

So it was a bit of a surprise to find that there are giant viruses that carry far more ... This will provide DNA sequence data on all of the different microbes living in it, as well as the ...

An Endolith technician swirls a flask containing a starter culture of the company’s proprietary microbes. The amber color ...

Researchers found bacterial cells so large they are easily visible to the naked eye, challenging ideas about how large microbes can get ... on Thursday in the journal Science.

Researchers have isolated a giant virus, which was named Jyvaskylavirus ... "The discovery will help to understand the interactions between microbes and the role of viruses in regulating ...

“Giant viruses” sound like some sort of terrifying science fiction creation ... others content themselves with infecting algae and other microbes. In doing so, they can prove surprisingly ...

You may like Giant, fungus-like organism may be a completely ... in the Netherlands who wasn't involved in the work, told Science. The microbe also contains structural filaments that closely ...

Nicknamed Chonkus, the microbe is a type of cyanobacteria, which feeds on carbon dioxide through photosynthesis like plants.

DNA analysis has revealed that 26 novel species of "extremophile" bacteria were lurking in a clean room that housed NASA's ...

"You know, that is pretty nasty." Beyond figuring out what kinds of microbes would grow in tanks full of urine, condensed sweat and shower water, Roman and her team had to address another ...

For the first time, researchers have identified what appears to be a network of approximately 20 microbes that universally ... for the future of forensic science, including the potential to ...