microbe
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To better understand these plant and microbe partnerships, the researchers examined root microbiomes from multiple crop species grown in different soil types.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
Like any pandemic, the Black Death was simultaneously a biological and a social event—shaped by both the innate characteristics of a microbe and such all-too-human factors as political systems, religious beliefs and public-health responses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
"Wheat gluten and casein are recognized as safe in a way a microbe is not, in a regulatory sense, so this is an easier way to protect public health," Hsiao said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026
Previous work has shown that the hardy microbe can withstand radiation and desiccation, making it a candidate for interplanetary survival.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026
That number depends on how long each victim remains capable of infecting new victims, and how efficiently the microbe is transferred from one victim to the next.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
"These findings are exciting and there is much more potential to expand our knowledge on the diversity and distribution of these unique microbes," he added.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
"We found that plants treated with the microbes showed stronger root systems, better development and higher yields compared to untreated plants grown in salty soils," said Prof Todd.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
As that material decomposed, oxygen levels in the sediment decreased, creating favorable conditions for chemosynthetic microbes.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
The microbes can cause a constellation of symptoms in humans, from vomiting and diarrhea to sepsis, kidney failure and even death.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
When microbes arrived in the Western Hemisphere, he argued, they must have swept from the coastlines first visited by Europeans to inland areas populated by Indians who had never seen a white person.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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