microbes

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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

They also identified changes in bacterial pathways connected to polyamine production, adding more evidence that gut microbes may directly influence kidney health.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

It also means losing a vast "molecular library" tied to the microbes that live within them.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

Coffee may modify what microbes do collectively, and what metabolites they use.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

As a rule, viruses, microbes, and parasites do not kill the majority of their victims—the pest that wipes out its host species has a bleak evolutionary future.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann