New Discovery Expands Tree of Life
Scientists have discovered new microscopic species. Researchers have found a number of very rare species of microorganisms, some of which have never been observed before…
Microorganisms News
Great Oxygenation Event: MIT Scientists’ New Hypothesis for One of the Grand Mysteries of Science
Microbes and Minerals May Have Set Off Earth’s Oxygenation Scientists propose a new mechanism by which oxygen may have first built up in the atmosphere….
Extraordinary Microbes Living in Extremely Harsh Volcanic Lake Show How Life Might Have Existed on Mars
Lake is dominated by bacteria from a single ‘extremophile’ genus. A few specialist microbes survive conditions analogous to those of Mars’ early history, reports a…
Scientists Build Biological “Valves” in DNA To Shape Cellular Information Flows
Scientists at the University of Bristol have developed new biological parts that are able to shape the flow of cellular processes along DNA. The work,…
Stanford Researchers Discover Ancient Die-Off Greater Than the Dinosaur Extinction
When significant oxygen entered the atmosphere, ancient life multiplied. But after a few hundred million years, Earth’s oxygen plummeted, resulting in a die-off likely greater…
Researchers Discover Tunnels From Tiny Boring Microorganisms in Garnet Crystals
Complex systems of microscopic tunnels found inside garnet crystals from Thailand are most likely the result of microorganisms making their homes inside these minerals, according…
Ancient Microorganisms Provide Strong Evidence of Life in the Universe
A new analysis of the oldest known fossil microorganisms provides strong evidence to support an increasingly widespread understanding that life in the universe is common….
Scientists Examine Microbial Life on a Sand Grain
A newly published study details microbial life on a sand grain: from bulk sediment to single grains. Just imagine, you are sitting on a sunny…
Scientists Discover the Greatest Absence of Evolution Ever Reported
Scientists from UCLA have discovered an organism that hasn’t evolved in more than 2 billion years. An international team of scientists has discovered the greatest…
Researchers Discover an Active Ecosystem One-Half Mile Below Antarctic Ice
Researchers from the WISSARD project have discovered an active ecosystem of microorganisms that live beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, converting ammonium and methane into the…
HMP Maps the Healthy Human Microbiome
With microbes outnumbering human cells by 10 to 1, the Human Microbiome Project (HMP) Consortium looks at how these microorganisms coexist with their human hosts…
Autistic Children Have Different Gastrointestinal Bacteria
According to a newly published study, many autistic children harbor Sutterella bacteria in their digestive tract, contrary to non-autistic children. While this research provides a…
