Microbial biogeography is influenced by the combined effects of passive dispersal and environmental selection, but the contribution of either factor can be difficult to discern. As thermophilic ...

Microbiologist Teresa Thiel of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, offers the following explanation: Many microorganisms easily survive the environmental stresses of the microbial world, such as ...

Anthrax is a rare bacterial infection acquired by inhalation, ingestion, or cutaneous contact with the endospores of B. anthracis. 2 The organism is normally a pathogen of large herbivorous mammals, ...

Liquid metal embedded with dormant bacterial spores forms a living conductor that heals itself, resists oxidation, and boosts conductivity when the microbes awaken. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The idea of a ...