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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

Previous work has shown that the hardy microbe can withstand radiation and desiccation, making it a candidate for interplanetary survival.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026

One previous piece of research on Neanderthal DNA also showed that modern humans and Neanderthals shared an oral microbe - a type of bacteria found in our saliva.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025

Griffith approached the problem by focusing on the microbe: Why was pneumococcus so fatal to animals?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

"I would have expected these microbes to have dried out," said Regberg, who studies space station bacteria and was a co-author on the paper.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

That result suggests that gut microbes play an essential role in producing them.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Those changes were accompanied by predictable shifts in gut microbes, providing evidence that the medications themselves may be responsible for at least some of the observed differences.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Another bonanza was the development of world trade routes, which by Roman times effectively joined the populations of Europe, Asia, and North Africa into one giant breeding ground for microbes.

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