microbes
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These bacteria produce natural substances that help them attack other microbes and use them as a source of food.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
These findings suggest that the way a sweetener influences gut microbes may depend not only on the sweetener itself but also on what accompanies it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
By watching these organisms interact in real time, researchers hope to gain a clearer understanding of the complex relationships between plants and microbes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Modern plastics have introduced an enormous new collection of potential carbon sources into the environment, but many of these materials remain chemically inaccessible to microbes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Finally, these diseases tend to be restricted to humans; the microbes causing them tend not to live in the soil or in other animals.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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