organisms

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Next, they looked for chemical signatures that could reveal whether living organisms had played a role in creating the structures.

From Science Daily • Jun. 26, 2026

These mats are made up of microscopic organisms such as algae and bacteria that bind sediment together and leave distinctive surface textures behind.

From Science Daily • Jun. 26, 2026

"These ecosystems are very dynamic, and the algal composition is changing really quickly," she says, adding that the pool should be monitored constantly "to know which organisms are living there".

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Working evenings at the Harlem Hospital, he invented a method for characterizing bacterial organisms in patients with pneumonia, publishing his first paper at the age of 21.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

As a result, the organisms of distant lands like Australia and Madagascar evolved in isolation for millions upon millions of years, taking on shapes and natures very different from those of their distant Afro-Asian relatives.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari