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Environmental Microbiology
Environmental microbiology is the study of the composition and physiology of microbial communities in the environment. The environment in this case means the soil, water, air and sediments covering the planet and can also include the animals and plants that inhabit these areas. Environmental microbiology also includes the study of microorganisms that exist in artificial environments such as bioreactors.
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SEP 30, 2025Microbiology
Legionella bacteria can contaminate many water sources, even windshield wiper fluid, and if inhaled as aerosols in conta ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2025Earth & The Environment
The ocean contains a complex food web–the network of interactions among predators and prey that maintain healthy e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Cholera is caused by water-borne bacterial pathogen called Vibrio cholerae that may be transmitted through the consumpti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2025Earth & The Environment
The health of global oceans is under constant threat from harms like microplastics, oil spills, industrial pollution and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2025Earth & The Environment
The Earth's Critical Zone encompasses our air, water, and earth, all of the organisms within them, and the processes tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 02, 2025Earth & The Environment
Scientists have grown algae that was collected from the bottom of the Baltic Sea, and which probably sank about 7,000 ye ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 16, 2025Earth & The Environment
This image by Jean-Philippe Maréchal shows a sargassum bloom, which has affected parts of the Caribbean since 2011Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2025Microbiology
Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbial communities that live in Yellowstone National Park are diverse and complex. The park is home to numerous f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2025Microbiology
Two new studies have shown how climate change can increase disease. Both of these reports were focused on the increase i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2025Earth & The Environment
Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 21, 2025Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and there are still many that we know nothing about. Scientists have embarked on a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Cyanobacteria are single celled microbes that can photosynthesize, and they helped generate Earth's atmosphere to make c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Image © S. Ahmerkamp/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology shows a newly found endosymbiontWritten By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a new test that can easily and quickly identify bacteria in any liquid, such as water, milk, o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
Everything on Earth and made on Earth is awash in microbial contamination, which persists through intense decontaminatio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2024Earth & The Environment
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 scattered roughly 540 million tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 squa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 15, 2024Microbiology
Microbes have been able to find a home in some truly incredible places, even inside of ancient rocks....Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2024Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, many of which are still a complete mystery to us. Scientists have been working to l ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 16, 2024Microbiology
All complex life on Earth, including plants and animals, are made up of eukaryotic cells, which are more sophisticated t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
While many parts of the world are feeling the effects of climate change, air temperatures in the Arctic are warming fast ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2024Earth & The Environment
Archaea are a major branch of life, but we still have a lot to learn about these microbes, which were only discovered in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 18, 2024Microbiology
There are microbial communities thriving at the depths of Antarctic lakes where conditions are so harsh, very little els ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2024Microbiology
Zoonotic diseases jump species to infect humans, and scientists have been studying the links in this transmission netwro ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2025
Microbiology
Legionella bacteria can contaminate many water sources, even windshield wiper fluid, and if inhaled as aerosols in conta
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The ocean contains a complex food web–the network of interactions among predators and prey that maintain healthy e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cholera is caused by water-borne bacterial pathogen called Vibrio cholerae that may be transmitted through the consumpti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The health of global oceans is under constant threat from harms like microplastics, oil spills, industrial pollution and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The Earth's Critical Zone encompasses our air, water, and earth, all of the organisms within them, and the processes tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have grown algae that was collected from the bottom of the Baltic Sea, and which probably sank about 7,000 ye
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2025
Earth & The Environment
This image by Jean-Philippe Maréchal shows a sargassum bloom, which has affected parts of the Caribbean since 2011
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2025
Microbiology
Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbial communities that live in Yellowstone National Park are diverse and complex. The park is home to numerous f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2025
Microbiology
Two new studies have shown how climate change can increase disease. Both of these reports were focused on the increase i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2025
Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and there are still many that we know nothing about. Scientists have embarked on a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cyanobacteria are single celled microbes that can photosynthesize, and they helped generate Earth's atmosphere to make c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Image © S. Ahmerkamp/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology shows a newly found endosymbiont
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a new test that can easily and quickly identify bacteria in any liquid, such as water, milk, o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Everything on Earth and made on Earth is awash in microbial contamination, which persists through intense decontaminatio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 scattered roughly 540 million tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 squa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 15, 2024
Microbiology
Microbes have been able to find a home in some truly incredible places, even inside of ancient rocks....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2024
Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, many of which are still a complete mystery to us. Scientists have been working to l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 16, 2024
Microbiology
All complex life on Earth, including plants and animals, are made up of eukaryotic cells, which are more sophisticated t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
While many parts of the world are feeling the effects of climate change, air temperatures in the Arctic are warming fast
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Archaea are a major branch of life, but we still have a lot to learn about these microbes, which were only discovered in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2024
Microbiology
There are microbial communities thriving at the depths of Antarctic lakes where conditions are so harsh, very little els
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2024
Microbiology
Zoonotic diseases jump species to infect humans, and scientists have been studying the links in this transmission netwro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch