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a collage showing five different eukaryotes with tiny cilia

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Researchers identify a bacterium that enables its host to breathe nitrate instead of oxygen

Meet Candidatus Azoamicus ciliaticola, discovered in a Swiss lake

Irene Zhang
4/10/2021, 11:20 AM
  • eukaryote
  • prokaryote
  • mitochondria
  • nitrogen
  • respiration
a rainbow assortment of petri dishes with samples inside

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It's time to highlight our fungus friends in our microbiomes

Our gut microbiomes contain fungi and protists, not just bacteria - so why don't we study them?

Adriana Romero-Olivares
7/25/2019, 2:03 AM
yeast

What single-celled yeast can teach us about complex human biology

Sarah Laframboise
5/10/2019, 5:08 PM
  • yeast
  • genetics
  • eukaryote
  • model organism