microbe

"But something we have learned over the years is that a microbe doesn't have to be abundant to have an impact on the host."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

To better understand these plant and microbe partnerships, the researchers examined root microbiomes from multiple crop species grown in different soil types.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026

Like any pandemic, the Black Death was simultaneously a biological and a social event—shaped by both the innate characteristics of a microbe and such all-too-human factors as political systems, religious beliefs and public-health responses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Their findings show that at least one microbe can tolerate ambiguity in its genetic code, overturning a central assumption in biology.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2026

In 1882, Robert Koch of Germany identified the microbe that caused the dreaded disease tuberculosis.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Many species play important roles in human health, including the hundreds of different microbes that live in the mouth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

These microbes do not simply grow alongside one another.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

The US space agency announced last year that its Perseverance rover had found potential biosignatures, markings on rocks possibly made by ancient microbes.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Metabolites are small molecules produced or altered during metabolism, including compounds created by gut microbes as they process food and other substances.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

When humans and domesticated animals share quarters, they are constantly exposed to each other’s microbes.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann