microbe
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In this study, survival means that a microbe remains alive for at least one Earth day.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
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 inner core of solid tumors is made up of dead cells and lacks oxygen, creating the perfect conditions for this microbe to multiply and spread.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026
Scientists believe additional gene microbe links likely exist, but proving them is difficult because genetic and environmental factors overlap in everyday life.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025
In an epidemic those people with genes for resistance to that particular microbe are more likely to survive than are people lacking such genes.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Research increasingly suggests that these microbes can influence the brain through immune signals, metabolism, and other biological pathways.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
When neutrophils encounter pathogens, they can release toxic substances and even destroy themselves, spilling long strands of biological material that form web-like traps around invading microbes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Using that environment as a guide, the researchers examined which Earth microbes could potentially withstand conditions near the Moon's South Pole.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
To determine where microbes might survive, researchers first examined the unusual way sunlight reaches the lunar poles.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Still other soil microbes perform various oxidations and reductions by which minerals such as iron, manganese, and sulfur are transformed and made available to plants.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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