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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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JAN 05, 2024Microbiology
Bacterial infections have always posed problems for people, and we have found ways to treat them with antibiotics. But b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Decorating a holiday tree is an essential part of the winter season for many people. But those trees can also spark a he ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 12, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has provided new insights into how a dangerous bacterium called Legionella pneumophila can interfere with t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria are everywhere, and so are the sticky, slimy communities they can form, called biofilms. These tough bacterial ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2023Microbiology
Microbes are everywhere, even inside of our bodies. The gut microbiome has been shown to have a powerful influence on bi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2023Microbiology
Mycena fungi are more commonly known as bonnet mushrooms, and they survive by consuming dead trees and plants. New resea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2023Microbiology
People have been eating bread for at least 14,000 years, and for most of human history, that bread was made with a sourd ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in ISME Journal examines how climate change affects microbial communities in the waters surroun ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 19, 2023Microbiology
We share our world, and our bodies, with microbes. Researchers have been learning a lot more about how specific species ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2023Microbiology
There are some bacteria that researchers are very familiar with. Some of them are common environmental microbes with str ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacterial cells can easily share genes with one another, and have a few ways to do so. Viruses called bacteriophages inf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2023Microbiology
There are potentially hundreds if not thousands of microbial species in the average human gut microbiome. That microbial ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Asp caterpillars are also known as Megalopyge opercularis; one is seen in this image from the University of Queensland, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2023Genetics & Genomics
We still don't know a lot about how bacteria and viruses relate to one another in built environments such as buildings a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2023Microbiology
Fungi are microbes that can have crucial roles in the environment, and common fungi can be found in many parts of the en ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2023Microbiology
Human activities often put people in close contact with wild animals. Research has shown that relationship can promote a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2023Earth & The Environment
Microplastics are small plastic particles less than five millimeters long. They can come from larger plastic pieces whic ...Written By: Amelia RhodelandJUN 06, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the 2010 US Census, there were 53,364 centenarians in the US, so around 1.73 of every 10,000 Americans live ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 05, 2023Microbiology
Sargassum is a brown macroalgae that is abundant in the ocean. It has many appendages and 'berries' that are ful ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 25, 2023Microbiology
Plastic waste is a major problem around the world... But, one that microbes could help us tackle.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 02, 2023Microbiology
The Tara Oceans project has been aiming to reveal more about the vast world of marine microbes, which we now know little ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2023Microbiology
An outbreak of chikungunya virus in Paraguay has gotten serious enough that the US Centers for Disease Control and Preve ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2023Microbiology
Bacteria can easily exchange genetic information in a process called horizontal gene transfer. But now researchers have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 12, 2023Space & Astronomy
Are we alone in the universe? If not, then how will we find life? Will we dig for it, or detect it with an instrument? W ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 05, 2024
Microbiology
Bacterial infections have always posed problems for people, and we have found ways to treat them with antibiotics. But b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Decorating a holiday tree is an essential part of the winter season for many people. But those trees can also spark a he
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has provided new insights into how a dangerous bacterium called Legionella pneumophila can interfere with t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria are everywhere, and so are the sticky, slimy communities they can form, called biofilms. These tough bacterial
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2023
Microbiology
Microbes are everywhere, even inside of our bodies. The gut microbiome has been shown to have a powerful influence on bi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2023
Microbiology
Mycena fungi are more commonly known as bonnet mushrooms, and they survive by consuming dead trees and plants. New resea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2023
Microbiology
People have been eating bread for at least 14,000 years, and for most of human history, that bread was made with a sourd
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in ISME Journal examines how climate change affects microbial communities in the waters surroun
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 19, 2023
Microbiology
We share our world, and our bodies, with microbes. Researchers have been learning a lot more about how specific species
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2023
Microbiology
There are some bacteria that researchers are very familiar with. Some of them are common environmental microbes with str
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacterial cells can easily share genes with one another, and have a few ways to do so. Viruses called bacteriophages inf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2023
Microbiology
There are potentially hundreds if not thousands of microbial species in the average human gut microbiome. That microbial
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Asp caterpillars are also known as Megalopyge opercularis; one is seen in this image from the University of Queensland,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
We still don't know a lot about how bacteria and viruses relate to one another in built environments such as buildings a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2023
Microbiology
Fungi are microbes that can have crucial roles in the environment, and common fungi can be found in many parts of the en
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2023
Microbiology
Human activities often put people in close contact with wild animals. Research has shown that relationship can promote a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Microplastics are small plastic particles less than five millimeters long. They can come from larger plastic pieces whic
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
JUN 06, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the 2010 US Census, there were 53,364 centenarians in the US, so around 1.73 of every 10,000 Americans live
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2023
Microbiology
Sargassum is a brown macroalgae that is abundant in the ocean. It has many appendages and 'berries' that are ful
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2023
Microbiology
Plastic waste is a major problem around the world... But, one that microbes could help us tackle.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2023
Microbiology
The Tara Oceans project has been aiming to reveal more about the vast world of marine microbes, which we now know little
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2023
Microbiology
An outbreak of chikungunya virus in Paraguay has gotten serious enough that the US Centers for Disease Control and Preve
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2023
Microbiology
Bacteria can easily exchange genetic information in a process called horizontal gene transfer. But now researchers have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 12, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Are we alone in the universe? If not, then how will we find life? Will we dig for it, or detect it with an instrument? W
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc