microbes

Making Evolution Make Microbes Make Products

发表于 2015-01-09 decreased microbes bacteria

By selecting for bacteria that can survive only if they make a particular product of interest over multiple iterations, researchers vastly improved yields and d…

Subway DNA Survey Finds Microbes, Mozzarella and Mystery

发表于 2015-02-11 468 mozzarella subway

Scientists sequenced genetic material found in all 468 New York City subway stations, and nearly half matched no known organism. Christopher Intagliata reports …

Microbes Deep under Seafloor Reflect Ancient Land Origins

发表于 2015-08-07 seafloor microbes reflect

Microbes 2,500 meters below the seafloor in Japan are most closely related to bacterial groups that thrive in forest soils on land, suggesting that they might b…

Methane-Eating Microbes May Mitigate Arctic Emissions

发表于 2015-08-20 methane microbes mitigate

A newly discovered strain of bacteria found in Arctic permafrost harvests methane from the air—meaning it could help mitigate the effects of warming. Christophe…

We Emit Clouds of Microbes Wherever We Go

发表于 2015-09-24 wherever emit clouds

Humans shed a million particles an hour, and those microbe-laced clouds are sometimes unique enough to identify the person producing them. Christopher Intagliat…

Cockroach Caca Contains Chemical Messages Made by Microbes

发表于 2015-12-12 caca chemical contains

Roaches get the signal to gather together from pheromones produced by their gut microbes and released in the insects’ excrement. Christopher Intagliata reports …

Bear Gut Microbes Help Prep Hibernation

发表于 2016-02-05 hibernation microbes bacteria

Bears’ gut summer bacteria are more diverse and include species that tend to promote energy storage than are the bacteria that live in them during their hiberna…

Gut Microbes Lessen Mice Malarial Malaise

发表于 2016-02-13 malarial malaise lessen

Mice with the right mix of microbes were spared the worst of a malaria infection, possibly via some sort of "booster effect" on the immune system. Christopher I…

Microbes May Contribute to Wine's "Character"

发表于 2016-06-17 chemical microbes adchoices

The microbes found in crushed grapes were linked to certain chemical fingerprints in the finished wine. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad…

Feed Microbes Oxygen to Help Clear Spilled Oil

发表于 2016-10-13 biosparging spilled oxygen

A technique called “biosparging” relies on pumping oxygen underground to help naturally occurring microorganisms multiply and consume oil spills. Learn more abo…