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organism

[awr-guh-niz-uhm] / ˈɔr gəˌnɪz əm /


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In many organisms, cells divide by building a ring made of the protein actin at the cell's midpoint.

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Researchers will look at whether microscopic soil organisms could help tree survival consistently across sites.

From BBC

The organism is a methane producing member of a group of microbes known as Archaea.

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These chemical fossils are traces of biological molecules once produced by living organisms that were later buried, altered, and locked into sediment for hundreds of millions of years.

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To retrieve the organism, the team drilled a 25-meter ice core from a section of the cave called the Great Hall, capturing a frozen record spanning 13,000 years.

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