Studies of the altitudinal distributions of soil microorganisms are rare or have led to contradictory results. Therefore, we studied archaeal and bacterial abundance and microbial-mediated activities ...
Most conversations about breast milk tend to focus on topics like nutrients, antibodies and bonding time rather than bacteria ...
Breast milk contains living bacteria that transfer to babies' guts, helping build healthy digestion and immune systems.
Learn how coral reefs drive daily changes in ocean microbes — a process that shapes how nutrients and energy move through ...
After you die, bacteria harvest your body for the nutrients that help push daisies. Matriyoshka/iStock via Getty Images Plus Each human body contains a complex community of trillions of microorganisms ...
Wetlands host anaerobic microbes which convert organic carbon into methane (CH₄), a powerful greenhouse gas. Wetland plants can influence which carbon compounds are available for microbial processing ...
Bacteria play key roles in degrading organic matter, both in the soil and in aquatic ecosystems. While most bacteria digest large molecules externally, allowing other community members to share and ...
A nutrient cycle refers to the exchange of organic and inorganic matter throughout an ecosystem, causing particular substances and elements to be sequestered, removed, recycled, and generated in the ...
Bacteria play key roles in degrading organic matter, both in the soil and in aquatic ecosystems. While most bacteria digest large molecules externally, allowing other community members to share and ...