microbe

Like any pandemic, the Black Death was simultaneously a biological and a social event—shaped by both the innate characteristics of a microbe and such all-too-human factors as political systems, religious beliefs and public-health responses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The microbe, Methanosarcina acetivorans, appears to function normally despite this flexible interpretation, demonstrating that life can operate with a slightly imprecise code.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2026

Their findings show that at least one microbe can tolerate ambiguity in its genetic code, overturning a central assumption in biology.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2026

To explore this idea, the team cultured a large quantity of P. sanguinis for three days and then extracted the full mixture of metabolites produced by the microbe.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2025

What evolutionary benefit does a microbe derive from making us sick in bizarre ways, like giving us genital sores or diarrhea?

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

At the same time, metabolites made exclusively by microbes, including indole-3-propionate and p-cresol sulfate, declined after antibiotic treatment.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

Scientists have long known that dietary fiber contributes to these benefits because gut microbes help break it down.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

The researchers wanted to determine how effectively bacteria could reduce the amount of uranium dissolved in water and identify the chemical forms created as the microbes processed the uranium.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 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

The carbolic acid solution was too weak to kill bacteria, and the procedure only introduced more microbes.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow