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Marine Bacteria
Marine Bacteria: are single-celled organisms that can be shaped like little spheres, rods, or (less commonly) spirals. The are often very small, with cell diameters of just a few microns (about 1/100th the width of a human hair). They perform all kinds of chemical processes in the open ocean, including most of the steps in nitrogen cycling.
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JUL 25, 2021Microbiology
Microbes live everywhere, even in the open ocean. They have to compete for survival just like other organisms but even t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2021Microbiology
Microorganisms can be found basically everywhere on earth, from hydrothermal vents to hot, desert soils, and lakes under ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2021Cancer
New research published in Marine Drugs explains why diets high in red seaweed are associated with a low risk of col ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 26, 2021Microbiology
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After microbes called archaea were discovered in the 1970s, a branch was added to the tree of life after some debate, wh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2021Microbiology
Researchers have noted that we have a 'profound ignorance' about the state of the microbial populations of the world.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2021Plants & Animals
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A new type of endosymbiosis has been discovered; the organisms are shown in this image by S. Ahmerkamp, Max Planck Insti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 05, 2021Plants & Animals
The world's coral reefs face numerous threats, including climate change, pollution, and habitat loss. Since 2014, an ...Written By: Tiffany DazetFEB 17, 2021Microbiology
There are species of bacteria that grow into centimeters-long colonies that have a cable shape and share a common coat. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2020Microbiology
There are some very extreme environments on our planet, and it seems that microbes have been able to colonize many of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In this photo by OceanX, researchers off the coast of Brazil collected Pyrosoma atlanticum specimens with a special robo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2020Plants & Animals
African elephants are a threatened species that are increasing in some areas but at risk in many others. There are proba ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2020Microbiology
Animals can sense magnetism, an ability called magnetoreception. Scientists have been trying to understand this sense, w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 15, 2020Microbiology
There are many different kinds of microbes, and some can use unusual substances to survive. Methanotrophs, for example, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2020Microbiology
Some places in the United States have become dangerously polluted with hazardous waste. The EPA oversees a program that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Microbes ruled the ancient world, and complex animals trace back to those unicellular organisms.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2020Microbiology
It has been said that we know more about the moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean, though explorers and researc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2020Microbiology
Researchers at Caltech have serendipitously found microbes that consume manganese for energy.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria live in symbiosis with many animals in the world. These tiny single-celled creatures often play crucial roles i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Drug-resistant bacteria pose a serious threat to public health, and scientists have been searching for new antibiotics t ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2021
Microbiology
Microbes live everywhere, even in the open ocean. They have to compete for survival just like other organisms but even t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2021
Microbiology
Microorganisms can be found basically everywhere on earth, from hydrothermal vents to hot, desert soils, and lakes under
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2021
Cancer
New research published in Marine Drugs explains why diets high in red seaweed are associated with a low risk of col
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 26, 2021
Microbiology
Scientists are noting that rock-dissolving microbes in the ocean may be contributing to climate change and should be tak
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2021
Microbiology
After microbes called archaea were discovered in the 1970s, a branch was added to the tree of life after some debate, wh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2021
Microbiology
Researchers have noted that we have a 'profound ignorance' about the state of the microbial populations of the world.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2021
Plants & Animals
Parasites abound throughout the natural world. While not all of them cause the host's death, this newly discovered p
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 01, 2021
Microbiology
Many people think of bacteria as disgusting germs, but there are plenty of important bacterial species that provide us w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2021
Microbiology
Scientists took an exploratory journey to a place in the central Pacific Ocean in Kirbati called the Phoenix Islands Pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2021
Microbiology
A new type of endosymbiosis has been discovered; the organisms are shown in this image by S. Ahmerkamp, Max Planck Insti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2021
Plants & Animals
The world's coral reefs face numerous threats, including climate change, pollution, and habitat loss. Since 2014, an
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
FEB 17, 2021
Microbiology
There are species of bacteria that grow into centimeters-long colonies that have a cable shape and share a common coat.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2020
Microbiology
There are some very extreme environments on our planet, and it seems that microbes have been able to colonize many of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In this photo by OceanX, researchers off the coast of Brazil collected Pyrosoma atlanticum specimens with a special robo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
African elephants are a threatened species that are increasing in some areas but at risk in many others. There are proba
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2020
Microbiology
Animals can sense magnetism, an ability called magnetoreception. Scientists have been trying to understand this sense, w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 15, 2020
Microbiology
There are many different kinds of microbes, and some can use unusual substances to survive. Methanotrophs, for example,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2020
Microbiology
Some places in the United States have become dangerously polluted with hazardous waste. The EPA oversees a program that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microbes ruled the ancient world, and complex animals trace back to those unicellular organisms.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Scientists used cutting edge technologies to assess how pervasive toxic or household chemicals and pathogens like plasti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2020
Microbiology
It has been said that we know more about the moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean, though explorers and researc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers at Caltech have serendipitously found microbes that consume manganese for energy.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria live in symbiosis with many animals in the world. These tiny single-celled creatures often play crucial roles i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Drug-resistant bacteria pose a serious threat to public health, and scientists have been searching for new antibiotics t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch