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Bacterial strains thriving in icy environments could worsen the global antibiotic resistance crisis – or play a role in ...

Bacteria found in a 5,000-year-old ice layer have shown how climate change could potentially drive the rise of more antibiotic resistance, as well as how ancient bacteria could provide opportunities ...

Studying ancient microbes like this one is risky research, but it can also reveal novel biological mechanisms that inspire ...

It's estimated that 90 percent of the biomass in the oceans is made up of marine microorganisms, a group that includes protists, bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses. Microbes lives in some of the ...