organisms

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"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

They’re the base of the aquatic food chain, fed on by herbivores of all shapes and sizes, including shrimp and juvenile fish, which in turn feed organisms higher up the food chain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

However, the runner-based lifestyle of many Ediacaran organisms reduced the need to compete.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Genes could, in other words, be transmitted between two organisms without any form of reproduction.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee