Microbes - alive and thriving -- have been found sealed within a fracture of 2-billion-year-old rock beneath Earth's surface.

Its 10,000 hydrothermal features—steamy vents, sulfurous mud pots, hot springs—support a broad diversity of microbes ... anomalous domain distinct from bacteria. The park’s role in ...

"Most people would think that these organisms are just like spores or dormant," James Tiedje said. "These microbes are active ...

the functional overlap between bacteria and fungi ensures ecosystem resilience, allowing essential processes like nutrient cycling to persist even in highly disturbed urban soils. Soil microbes ...

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

To that end, they studied bacteria that feed on the gases carbon ... team has now been able to resolve the mystery of how the microbes use this process to generate energy. Their findings are ...

Tiny magnetic bacteria that live in tightly bound groups are showing scientists how life might have evolved complex, multicellular forms. These rare bacteria can’t survive alone – they depend on one ...

Despite these divergent responses, the functional overlap between bacteria and fungi ensures ... Environmental Science and Ecotechnology. Soil microbes play a fundamental role in nutrient cycling ...