microbes
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The US space agency announced last year that its Perseverance rover had found potential biosignatures, markings on rocks possibly made by ancient microbes.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Researchers also collected stool and urine samples to track changes in gut microbes, metabolism, mood, and perceived stress.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Metabolites are small molecules produced or altered during metabolism, including compounds created by gut microbes as they process food and other substances.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
University of Oregon biologists have brought prehistoric proteins back to life, reconstructing molecules that date back as far as 160 million years and naturally attack microbes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Second, when gases from Earth were introduced into the Martian soil sample, the gases became chemically combined with the soil—almost as if there were photosynthesizing microbes, generating organic matter from atmospheric gases.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
