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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

The inner core of solid tumors is made up of dead cells and lacks oxygen, creating the perfect conditions for this microbe to multiply and spread.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026

To explore this idea, the team cultured a large quantity of P. sanguinis for three days and then extracted the full mixture of metabolites produced by the microbe.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2025

Many of our “symptoms” of disease actually represent ways in which some damned clever microbe modifies our bodies or our behavior such that we become enlisted to spread microbes.

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

The team ultimately wants microbes to produce even more of the ingredients needed for µBites.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Insulin, which was once obtained from animal pancreases, can now be made using engineered microbes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Research increasingly suggests that these microbes can influence the brain through immune signals, metabolism, and other biological pathways.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

When neutrophils encounter pathogens, they can release toxic substances and even destroy themselves, spilling long strands of biological material that form web-like traps around invading microbes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

At higher frequencies, beyond the violet, is a part of the spectrum called the ultraviolet: a perfectly real kind of light, carrying death to the microbes.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan