microbe
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The process of naming the microbe included consultation with Kymberly Oakley, the world's foremost Malgana language expert.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
To better understand these plant and microbe partnerships, the researchers examined root microbiomes from multiple crop species grown in different soil types.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 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
But new research suggests that a key marine microbe, Nitrosopumilus maritimus, may already be adjusting to warmer and more nutrient-poor conditions.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026
In 1882, Robert Koch of Germany identified the microbe that caused the dreaded disease tuberculosis.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
The researchers focused on three of these microbes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
To investigate its potential benefits, the scientists tested extracts from the gum against microbes found in oral samples collected from patients with head and neck cancer.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
However, this approach depends on an important assumption: that intestinal microbes are responsible for producing most or all of the compounds researchers want to influence.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
Together, the two studies offer a more detailed understanding of how diet, gut microbes, and the body's own metabolism interact.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
The importance of lethal microbes in human history is well illustrated by Europeans’ conquest and depopulation of the New World.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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