microbe

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The microbe, Methanosarcina acetivorans, appears to function normally despite this flexible interpretation, demonstrating that life can operate with a slightly imprecise code.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

One previous piece of research on Neanderthal DNA also showed that modern humans and Neanderthals shared an oral microbe - a type of bacteria found in our saliva.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

Without significant genetic manipulation, the microbe resists diverting its essential resources to produce something unfamiliar.

From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2025

Among them is one unusual microbe that produces methane -- a gas more often associated with cows and landfills than humans.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

In that new environment, a microbe must evolve new ways to live and to propagate itself.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond