microbes
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The later microbes could have colonized the body while it remained frozen in the glacier or during more than 30 years of modern conservation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
The ability to target dangerous microbes while preserving the healthy oral microbiome could make the gum useful in several ways.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
He said it could also add to interest in protecting maerl beds, which were "already of the greatest importance to all of the other plants, animals and microbes in the ecological community that they support".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
At the heart of current research is the oral microbiome, the community of hundreds of bacteria, fungi and other microbes that live in the mouth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
First, when Martian soil was mixed with a sterile organic soup from Earth, something in the soil chemically broke down the soup—almost as if there were respiring microbes metabolizing a food package from Earth.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
