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
"Wheat gluten and casein are recognized as safe in a way a microbe is not, in a regulatory sense, so this is an easier way to protect public health," Hsiao said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026
By analyzing its antibiotic resistance profile, they discovered that this ancient microbe may help scientists better understand how antibiotic resistance develops and spreads naturally.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2026
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
Developed by SIU Carbondale Geology Professor Ken Anderson, the process combines water and oxygen under high temperature and pressure to break resistant materials into compounds microbes can access.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The two microbes appeared to complement one another chemically, with each producing compounds the other could use, including vitamins, nutrients and hydrogen.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Genetic sequencing showed that the organisms' DNA was present in the samples, but getting the microbes to grow in the laboratory so researchers could study them directly proved far more difficult.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Aspergillus niger was one of five microbes examined in the new study because of its demonstrated resilience in spaceflight conditions.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Naturally, we’re disposed to think about diseases just from our own point of view: what can we do to save ourselves and to kill the microbes?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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