organisms

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Organisms that can survive in this suspended, or anabiotic, state, Yarzábal explained, include not just extremophile bacteria but also viruses, fungi, protozoa and microscopic animals called nematodes.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2025

"Organisms in our gut can breakdown polyphenols but organisms in the soil can't? The reality was that nobody in soils had really ever looked at it."

From Science Daily • May 28, 2024

Organisms, including humans, follow a schedule that coordinates important bodily functions such as sleep-wake cycles, metabolism, hormone production, cognitive function, and feeding habits to environmental cycles.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2024

Organisms living in microhabitats with higher peak temperatures, for example, might be able to adapt to warmer waters, or migrate just a short distance to survive.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2023

Organisms exist not because of reactions that are possible, but because of reactions that are barely possible.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee