Scientists reveal the role of hidden microbes called Asgard archaea in the origins of complex life, challenging long-held ...

The majority of these viruses infect microbes, including bacteria, archaea, and microeukaryotes ... Of all the Earth’s biomes, the ocean has emerged as the source for major discoveries on the ...

Mesoscale eddies, oceanic gyres about 100 kilometers in diameter, are ubiquitous features of the global ocean and play a ...

Microbial life thrives in some of the most extreme environments on Earth. Bacteria, archaea, and other microorganisms inhabit deep ocean trenches, acidic hot springs, and the frozen tundra. While most ...

All of these autotrophic archaea are microaerophiles or anaerobes. Importantly, 189 partial or complete 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydratase gene sequences were found after searching the Global Ocean ...

archaea. The most complex living things were colonies of microbes such as stromatolites and microbial mats. No plants, no animals, just a barren landscape of rock, river and ocean. The emergence ...