Viruses play a far more active role in Earth's carbon cycle than previously understood, according to new research that reveals how they infect and control microbes responsible for carbon production in ...

From bone-eating snot-flowers to snowboarding scale worms, when a whale dies it becomes a colossal island of nutrients – attracting weird and wonderful creatures to feast. Whales usually die far out ...

Deep-sea corals near chemical-rich seafloor areas (cold seeps) commonly host specific bacteria from the Thioglobaceae family These bacteria possess the genetic ability to create energy from sulfur and ...

The dwarf planet Ceres, the only dwarf planet in the main asteroid belt, might have once been hospitable for life, according to a recent study. NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA Ceres, the ...

The adaptive mechanisms of sponge microbiomes to harsh deep-sea environments, including hydrothermal vents and cold seeps, remain unclear. Here, we used metagenomics to investigate the microbiome of ...

Schemata for obtaining photoautotrophic and chemoautotrophic taxonomic annotations from the metagenomic analyses (a), and method overview including the labeling chambers made of plexiglass and ...

A photo of a cave where the side walls are ribbed and lit in a butterfly pattern. Credit: Craig Bettenhausen/C&EN C&EN reporter Craig Bettenhausen was in Iceland in early October en route from the ...

Understanding how salt marsh grass stays healthy is of crucial ecological importance, and studying the ways bacteria interact with these plants is key. Thanks to recent advances in genomic technology, ...

The coastal ocean is essential for many life forms. Due to climate change and human activities, coastal oceans over the entire globe are experiencing environmental issues such as eutrophication, ...