microbes
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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
The new study indicates that microbes living in the fish intestine may also be essential participants in the process.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
The effort, backed by federal and state grants, helped draw BioVerde, which uses microbes to produce chemicals needed for rubber and plastic products.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
He cites the 2024 finding on Mars by the Perseverance rover of “a biosignature of heavy-metal reduction by alien microbes, possibly the most incredible discovery of the century.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 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
