Even cities have their own unique microbiomes
A study of microorganisms collected from public transportation systems shows even cities have microbial signatures
Your saliva affects the way you spread pathogens
Our saliva can vary depending on our physiological state, making us more or less likely to pass on bugs to others
Changing your microbiome could be as easy as taking a walk in the park
Bacteria from soil, plants, and air transfer to your body when you go outside, potentially bringing health benefits
Marine archaea make oxygen in the dark using nitrite
Meet Nitrosopumilus maritimus, which is capable of a never-before-seen oxygen synthesis method
Deep sub-surface "microbial dark matter" hasn't evolved since Pangea
The ancient microbes have survived brutal conditions for millions of years and hit pause on evolution
Pets harbor different microbes from their wild relatives
Swapping the diets of wild and domesticated animals could only explain some of the microbial differences
The range of microbes in your sourdough starter affect its smell and rise
Getting bored of pandemic-baking? Maybe you need different microbes!
Algae keep nitrogen savings to help them survive nutrient-poor ocean waters
Guanine, one of the four bases of DNA, also keeps algae's nitrogen sources rich
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Sugar may trigger inflammatory bowel disease by breaking down gut mucus
Mice fed sugar-heavy diets have worse colitis and more mucous-degrading gut bacteria
Gut bacteria helped mice fight off pesky pneumonia
Pneumonia strains are becoming antibiotic-resistant, so we need to find new ways of treating infections
Instead of a colonoscopy, a new screen tests poop for colorectal cancer-related bacteria
Testing for the bacterium Parvimonas micra in stool may present an alternative to a colonoscopy
These slimy underwater mats can help store carbon, but only if they can survive
Tamiko Thiel and Luisa I. Falcón are creating interactive art to help save the stromatolites
Tardigrades glow bright to survive blasts of UV radiation
A fluorescent coat protects some species of tardigrade from lethal doses of UV radiation
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The very real soil microbe uses chemistry to hunt other microbes
Worms and germs in ancient poop tell us about past human health
DNA from centuries-old toilet scrapings can help us today
A 540 million year-old microscopic protist sex mystery is solved
How tiny, shelled protists reproduce helps explain their strange evolutionary patterns
Mapping extreme microbes in the Amazon’s Boiling River
Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, biochemist Rosa Vásquez Espinoza investigates the medicinal properties of microbes flowing in a sacred boiling river
A bacterium that causes food-borne illness grows flagella under stressful conditions
Escheria albertii, a cousin of E. coli, has been implicated in past food-borne illness outbreaks
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Cyanobacteria detach their antennae to stop growing when space is limited
This new finding may make it easier for researchers to study these organisms, which have many practical applications, in the lab
