
In a World of Shifting Sand, Algae Turn to Dark Fermentation
For light-loving marine microbes, living in sand means having a good Plan B
A Blog About the Weird Wonderfulness of Life on Earth
For light-loving marine microbes, living in sand means having a good Plan B
Putting plants under may help solve the enduring mystery of how anesthesia works
For majoid crabs, decorating is a way of life
A life form that once ruled the planet has turned up unexpectedly in Tasmania
Microbes contain astounding new organelle of unknown function: the rotatosome
Yet surprisingly, the most common organism in said smoothie was the very pathogen it was trying to prevent
But it can survive pressures that would squash the very proteins of most other life
The hindgut of aquatic insects is a surprisingly hip hangout, filled with microbes bearing resemblances to household objects
Cacao plants have an internal microbiome they can pass to seedlings just as human moms do
An Antarctic bacterium with a protein as big as some bacteria has a special way of bringing microbes together