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Tag: Microbiology

S’not your typical carbon capture
Biological oceanography

S’not your typical carbon capture

This mucus-making microbe deploys a snotty strategy for cycling carbon in the ocean. Reference: Larsson, M.E., Bramucci, A.R., Collins, S.…
April 19, 2022April 12, 2022 Fayth Tan
The more (food) the merrier (polar marine fungi)
Microbiology

The more (food) the merrier (polar marine fungi)

Ever considered foraging for fungi in the Antarctic? What about in Antarctic waters? Dr. Barone and scientists discover deep-sea benthic…
February 4, 2022February 2, 2022 Gabrielle Stedman
What’s out there?: Bacteria off the coast of India
Microbiology

What’s out there?: Bacteria off the coast of India

It is a perennial thought for everyone out in nature, “what’s out there”? Today, we take a look at the…
September 13, 2021September 16, 2021 Daniel Speer
Melting ice, shifting microbes
Sea Ice

Melting ice, shifting microbes

Polar bears have been the poster child for sea ice melting in the Arctic. But what does sea ice loss…
December 14, 2017December 14, 2017 Michael Graw
The ocean’s tiny, mysterious majority
Microbiology

The ocean’s tiny, mysterious majority

The earth has more viruses than the universe has stars - but we know far less about our tiny majority…
July 26, 2017 Michael Graw
Microbiology

Toxic living: finding the right home for sulfur-oxidizing bacteria

Hydrothermal vents are hot, dark, and toxic environments. But to sulfur oxidizing bacteria, they're home.
June 29, 2017June 28, 2017 Michael Graw
Ocean Acidification

Stressed-out microbes in an acidifying ocean

The ocean is acidifying in response to carbon dioxide emissions, but we are just beginning to learn how this effects…
May 26, 2017May 26, 2017 Michael Graw
Biogeochemistry Microbiology

Methane on the dinner menu

Bacteria in coastal waters can eat methane, a greenhouse gas - but just how much and how fast can they…
March 29, 2017 Michael Graw
Biogeochemistry

Funny happenings in the tropical Pacific

Nitrous oxide is a powerful greenhouse gas made by environmental microbes. In the ocean, microbes making this greenhouse gas live…
February 28, 2017February 26, 2017 Laura Zinke

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