Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Today, Onyeaka is an industrial microbiologist and a deputy director of the ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. As a teenager growing up in Nigeria, Helen Onyeaka was obsessed with microorganisms. The tiny lifeforms, which include bacteria and yeast, can be grown ...

Scientists analyzed halite samples from 830 million years ago using optical techniques. Inside the samples, they found microorganisms such as bacteria, algae and fungi that may still be alive. NASA ...

Toxic bacteria have been detected in several bodies of water in Utah’s Zion National Park, the National Park Service announced this week. Three bodies of water in the park have cyanotoxins in them, ...

Black algae One of the microorganisms on the ice that the researchers spent most time investigating is a small black algae. The algae grows on top of the ice and tinges it black. There is a reason why ...

A team of researchers at the University of Cordoba in Spain identified a naturally occurring multispecies bacterial community that could be utilized with microalgae for the commercialization of ...