How Microbes in 'Starter Cultures' Make Fermented Sausage Tasty
Researchers show that tiny organisms change the composition of fatty acids in these meats, contributing to many desirable traits
Microbes
Deep Sea Microbes Dormant for 100 Million Years Can Be Revived
Researchers reveal that given the right food in the right laboratory conditions, microbes collected from sediment as old as 100 million years can revive and multiply
Atmospheric Scientists Identify Cleanest Air on Earth
An atmospheric region in the Southern Ocean unchanged by human-related activities
Heat-Friendly Microbes Provide Fast Way to Biodegrade Plastic
Researchers in China aimed to create a strain of the bacteria called Clostridium thermocellum that would degrade PET more efficiently than current industry bio-methods
New Ethane-Munching Microbes Discovered at Hot Vents
Researchers find deep-sea microbes that feed on ethane and grow them in the laboratory, discovering that the mechanism by which they break down ethane is reversible
Acid-Loving Microbe Can Improve Understanding of Past Climate
Research goes to the extremes to record ancient ocean temperatures
New Portable Tool Analyzes Microbes in the Environment
Device could be used to find threats to ecosystems
How Microbes Reflect the Health of Coral Reefs
A comparison of protected and impacted reefs in Cuba and Florida Keys
The Microscopic Workforce
Step into the wonderful world of microbes, where good and bad are just different standpoints
New Microbe Degrades Oil to Gas
Microscopy suggests that the recently discovered microbe Methanoliparia produces methane from crude oil all by themselves