How do microbes respond to changes in their surroundings? Archives

Researchers found that interactions between methane gas and seawater affected greenhouse gas emissions from the Arctic Ocean during a past…

Scientists tested how mixtures of plant-growth-promoting bacteria affect the microbial communities of different sunflower varieties for use…

Researchers tested plant-based soil remediation methods and found that adding beneficial microbes to copper-contaminated soil improved…

Scientists showed that an understudied bacterium is widespread in deep soils worldwide and adapted to life with very little energy.

The deep sea is one of Earth’s largest reservoirs of carbon, yet microbes don’t consume very much of it. Researchers showed that this is…

Researchers found that cave-dwelling microbes use atmospheric trace gases like methane and carbon monoxide as sources of energy and carbon.

Researchers discovered a bacterium in NASA’s spacecraft assembly facilities that can enter a hibernation state to survive planetary…

Researchers discovered lava tubes on Mauna Loa containing previously unknown microorganisms with metabolisms and communities that could…

Researchers found that microbes living on biodegradable plastics have more genes for plastic degradation than those living on traditional…

Researchers demonstrated that microbial DNA from a 300-year-old ice core can help track how microbes respond to global change.