MICROBIAL LIFE

GPS FOR THE SOUL
E.T., We Know You're Home: The Search For Our Own Alien Life
By Dr. Bill Miller, Contributor
Physician in academic and private practice, author of The Micr...
GREEN
We Have Yet To Identify 99.999 Percent Of Earth's Species, Study Says
By Chris D'Angelo
Our planet is still a giant mystery.
SCIENCE
This Desert May Be The Driest Place On Earth, But That Doesn't Mean Life Can't Exist There
By Jacqueline Howard
To determine the microbial content of the desert's extremely dry environments, the researchers analyzed DNA extracted from
SCIENCE
Dog Bacteria Bring Potentially Beneficial Biodiversity To Owners' Homes, Study Shows
Dunn and his colleagues next looked for variables that would alter bacterial communities from home to home, such as the presence
SCIENCE
Early Earth Smelled Like Rotten Eggs, Fossil Evidence Shows
Brasier and his colleagues analyzed fossils of a bacterium called Gunflintia. These fossils measured just 3 to 15 microns
SCIENCE
'Cthulhu' Microbes, Discovered In Termite Guts, Help Pests Turn Wood Into Food (VIDEO)
By: Megan Gannon, News Editor Published: 04/04/2013 02:48 PM EDT on LiveScience The microbe Cthulhu macrofasciculumque doesn't
SCIENCE
Microbes' Rocket Fuel Metabolism Sheds Light On Ancient Life
"The use of perchlorate by early ancestral microbes might thus have been one of the first entries of highly oxidative compounds
SCIENCE
Mariana Trench Bacteria: Microbes Flourish At Pacific Ocean's Deepest Spot, Study Shows
By Reuters, Reuters
"It's surprising there was so much bacterial activity," said Ronnie Glud, of the University of Southern Denmark and lead
SCIENCE
Microbial Life Likely Abundant Deep Below Sea Floor, Scientists Say
While bacteria and other microbes have been noted in deep boreholes drilled into the seafloor, the discovery confirms the