The research offers new insights on interactions between creatures on the mysterious seafloor and sheds light on the methane ...

A new study in Nature Microbiology shows that under carbon starvation, marine bacteria split into two strategies: some stop ...

Spider-like creatures living near methane seeps on the seafloor appear to cultivate and consume microbial species on their ...

A study reveals how bacteria present in marine particles maintain the oceanic nitrogen cycle, providing ecological stability ...

Scientists say they have discovered three previously unknown, unnamed species of sea spider off the U.S. West Coast that could be teaming up with bacteria to thrive off gas bubbling from the seafloor ...

The marine environment is home to diverse bacterial communities that occupy a myriad of niches, with particular emphasis on their intimate associations with macroalgae. These interactions are ...

Marine bacteria control how much CO 2 is stored in the oceans, by swimming after and degrading sinking particles that would otherwise remain stored in the ocean for millennia. Researchers have ...

Pus, strep throat, and even tuberculosis—most infectious diseases are characterized by a cluster of pathogenic bacteria that ...

An increasingly common way to keep tabs on coral reef health is by measuring microorganisms in the local seawater.