microbes

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Yet beneath the surface, billions of microbes are hard at work decomposing leaves, wood, and other organic matter.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

Scientists have uncovered evidence that tiny microbes living inside fish may be helping drive important processes that affect the world's oceans.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

Further analysis suggested that certain microbes were connected with activity in specific brain areas.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

DNA and RNA analyses allowed scientists to examine both the microbial communities living in the fish and patterns of gene activity in the fish and associated microbes.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

If the rise of farming was thus a bonanza for our microbes, the rise of cities was a greater one, as still more densely packed human populations festered under even worse sanitation conditions.

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