biosphere
Deep Life Not Limited to Microbes: Earthquakes Move Surface Animals to the Deep
Archaea and bacteria may look very similar under the microscope, but organisms from these two…
Microbiologist Karen Lloyd (DCO Executive Committee, University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA…
Proteins are finely tuned, specialized “nanomachines” that catalyze necessary chemical reactions in…
Despite their bad reputation for being agents of disease, viruses play an important ecological role…
Based on what we know of early Earth and the origin of life, scientists think that the first cells…
In the oxygen-free parts of lakes, hot springs, and marine environments worldwide, some microbes…
In 2009, researchers discovered a tiny nematode living happily in the water inside rock fractures,…
A diverse group of bacteria called Firmicutes, which can be found in human infections, fermented…
It’s tough for microbes to make a living in the cold, dark sediments beneath the seafloor.…
In 1964, the Indian government completed a dam on the Koyna River to create a reservoir for a…