The marine environment is home to diverse bacterial communities that occupy a myriad of niches, with particular emphasis on their intimate associations with macroalgae. These interactions are ...

Virtually all multicellular organisms on Earth live in symbiotic associations with very large and complex microbial communities known as microbiomes. New research has just been published aimed at ...

The field of Environmental Science has recently turned its focus towards the pervasive issue of plastic pollution, ...

Learn how coral reefs drive daily changes in ocean microbes — a process that shapes how nutrients and energy move through ...

Coral reefs appear to run a daily timetable for microscopic life in nearby waters. Scientists found that microbial ...

First author Swan Sow, heading out for seawater sampling from the Rothera long-term ecological monitoring site of the British Antarctic Survey. This study was a first, integrating data on bacteria and ...

Like in humans, microbe levels can indicate health of ecosystem, say scientists from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Haifa ...

University of Haifa’s Dr. Derya Akkaynak calls the study 'a critical baseline' that will enable future research to better ...

Underground environments like soil and aquifers teem with microbial life. These tiny microbes play a big role in cycling ...