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 ...

“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 ...

The discovery of this new microbe is not immediately concerning but warrants careful study,” Javier Martin-Torres, the University of Aberdeen, Scotland professor of planetary science, said in an ...

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

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.

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