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

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 ...

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 ...

But in virus sizes, these new ones are positively enormous. A giant virus (yes, it’s a scientific term) can be as large as two microns. For context, if you were to pull out a piece of your hair, it ...

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 ...

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.

A new way of producing oxygen has been discovered in microbes that live in the darkest depths of the ocean. Most oxygen on Earth is produced via photosynthesis, which requires light.

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 ...