In terrestrial environments, microbes generally exist on surfaces, allowing them to traverse their surroundings and seek nutrients. In aquatic environments, nutrients are concentrated onto surfaces or ...

Researchers describe a new method for investigating the genomes of eukaryotic flagellate organisms. These elusive aquatic creatures may offer clues about LECA -- the progenitor of all complex life on ...

Researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have demonstrated a technology that rapidly detects pollutants in water by measuring their impacts on swimming microorganisms.

A research team has discover new natural products that bacteria in water use to regulate the growth of competing organisms. The sheer endless expanses of the oceans are hostile deserts -- at least ...

Individual cells are concentrated in a flow cell (or tube) and then pass a laser, which detects a fluorescent signal. This is then analyzed by sophisticated software, producing data on the parameter ...

The graphic shows a tree of life for complex forms known as Eukaryotes, that arose mysteriously around 1.2-2 billions years ago from a progenitor known as LECA (for Last Eukaryote Common Ancestor.) ...