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Microbial Ecology
Microbial Ecology: (or environmental microbiology) is the ecology of microorganisms: their relationship with one another and with their environment. It concerns the three major domains of life-Eukaryota, Archaea, and Bacteria-as well as viruses. Microorganisms, by their omnipresence, impact the entire biosphere.
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JUL 27, 2020Plants & Animals
There is a huge variety of mosquitoes in the world - around 3,500 species - and only a few seek humans for their blood m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2020Microbiology
Some microbes that live in environments as diverse as groundwater and moose have also been found in the human mouth.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2020Microbiology
Researchers at Caltech have serendipitously found microbes that consume manganese for energy.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2020Cardiology
Trillions of microbes call our bodies home, and the ones that live in the gut can have a powerful impact on human health ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2020Microbiology
E. coli is a microbe that is commonly found in the intestinal tract, where it can exist harmlessly. However, if it gets ...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 LeitchJUL 05, 2020Microbiology
The microorganisms of the world have to compete for survival, and they sometimes do battle with one another. Some use an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2020Plants & Animals
Many scientists have taken note of the rapid decline many of the world species, and several have declared that Earth's s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2020Microbiology
In nature, strains of bacteria usually grow in colonies, and together, they are tougher.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 07, 2020Microbiology
The human gut hosts a huge community of microbes, potentially even before birth, which helps us digest and absorb nutrie ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 25, 2020Microbiology
Shipworms are known as the 'termites of the sea.' They are not actually worms; these infamous mollusks that have brought ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Corals are immobile animals, and coral reefs are considered to be the most diverse ecosystems in the sea.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 12, 2020Microbiology
Melting permafrost has been revealing some remarkably well-preserved and extremely old stuff, like a prehistoric puppy a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 11, 2020Microbiology
We share the world with vast numbers of microbes, many of which are able to move around freely in the environment. Most, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Many species of Campylobacter bacteria are infectious and can cause a disease called campylobacteriosis in animals and p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The origin of SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, has become politicized as leaders seek to place blame ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2020Microbiology
Antibiotics are critical drugs that have saved millions of lives, but bacteria can also gain resistance to them, renderi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Water sources are vital to communities and wildlife alike, and it's important to monitor their health.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2020Microbiology
Bacterial runoff is a serious threat to our waterways and oceans; pathogenic microbes are known to contaminate stormwate ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 05, 2020Microbiology
Single-celled microbes that live beneath the floor of the ocean have provided insight into how scientists might be able ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 30, 2020Microbiology
Scientists used a fluorescent imaging tool to analyze how bacteria grow on the human tongue.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2020Microbiology
Outliers exist everywhere in nature, and it seems they serve an important purpose.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been suggested that life arose from molecules that gradually came together in the right ways to form simple cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2020Microbiology
Scientists studying microbial life near a hydrothermal vent were surprised to find Chlamydiae bacteria.Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2020
Plants & Animals
There is a huge variety of mosquitoes in the world - around 3,500 species - and only a few seek humans for their blood m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2020
Microbiology
Some microbes that live in environments as diverse as groundwater and moose have also been found in the human mouth.
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 12, 2020
Cardiology
Trillions of microbes call our bodies home, and the ones that live in the gut can have a powerful impact on human health
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2020
Microbiology
E. coli is a microbe that is commonly found in the intestinal tract, where it can exist harmlessly. However, if it gets
...
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
JUL 05, 2020
Microbiology
The microorganisms of the world have to compete for survival, and they sometimes do battle with one another. Some use an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2020
Plants & Animals
Many scientists have taken note of the rapid decline many of the world species, and several have declared that Earth's s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2020
Microbiology
In nature, strains of bacteria usually grow in colonies, and together, they are tougher.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 07, 2020
Microbiology
The human gut hosts a huge community of microbes, potentially even before birth, which helps us digest and absorb nutrie
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2020
Microbiology
Shipworms are known as the 'termites of the sea.' They are not actually worms; these infamous mollusks that have brought
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Corals are immobile animals, and coral reefs are considered to be the most diverse ecosystems in the sea.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 12, 2020
Microbiology
Melting permafrost has been revealing some remarkably well-preserved and extremely old stuff, like a prehistoric puppy a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2020
Microbiology
We share the world with vast numbers of microbes, many of which are able to move around freely in the environment. Most,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Many species of Campylobacter bacteria are infectious and can cause a disease called campylobacteriosis in animals and p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The origin of SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, has become politicized as leaders seek to place blame
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2020
Microbiology
Antibiotics are critical drugs that have saved millions of lives, but bacteria can also gain resistance to them, renderi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Water sources are vital to communities and wildlife alike, and it's important to monitor their health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2020
Microbiology
Bacterial runoff is a serious threat to our waterways and oceans; pathogenic microbes are known to contaminate stormwate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2020
Microbiology
Single-celled microbes that live beneath the floor of the ocean have provided insight into how scientists might be able
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 30, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists used a fluorescent imaging tool to analyze how bacteria grow on the human tongue.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2020
Microbiology
Outliers exist everywhere in nature, and it seems they serve an important purpose.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been suggested that life arose from molecules that gradually came together in the right ways to form simple cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists studying microbial life near a hydrothermal vent were surprised to find Chlamydiae bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch