microbe
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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
Previous work has shown that the hardy microbe can withstand radiation and desiccation, making it a candidate for interplanetary survival.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026
The inner core of solid tumors is made up of dead cells and lacks oxygen, creating the perfect conditions for this microbe to multiply and spread.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026
Scientists believe additional gene microbe links likely exist, but proving them is difficult because genetic and environmental factors overlap in everyday life.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025
One transformation involves a change of intermediate vector: when a microbe relying on some arthropod vector for transmission switches to a new host, the microbe may be forced to find a new arthropod as well.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
"We're using microbes to develop the cookie into a more attractive, consumer-friendly product," says Jayasekara.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The team ultimately wants microbes to produce even more of the ingredients needed for µBites.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Developed by SIU Carbondale Geology Professor Ken Anderson, the process combines water and oxygen under high temperature and pressure to break resistant materials into compounds microbes can access.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The situation can change when the amount of sorbitol rises beyond what those microbes can process.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
No one understood that microbes in body waste contaminated drinking water and caused dysentery and typhoid fever.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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