DEKALB, IL — As a deadly sea urchin disease resurfaces in the Caribbean, an NIU researcher is at the center of the effort to understand...

DEKALB, IL — When long-spined sea urchins across the Caribbean began dying by the thousands in 2022, marine scientists feared a repeat of an ecological...

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Scientific Data - Characterizing organisms from three domains of life with universal primers from throughout the global ocean

SAR11 turns 33 this month

Winters in particular are entering a new era in the world's largest surface freshwater system.

Processes that occur after death have not received the same level of attention as the mechanisms of life. In this study, the authors show that bacteria have potentially evolved an altruistic trait to ...

ASM volunteer opportunities range from speaking with legislators about funding research during ASM's annual Hill Day, to writing articles for asm.org, to serving on committees and the Board of Directo...

Many microbiologists exhibit a fascination with unculturable bacteria. This intrigue can be expressed through curiosity about nutrient needs, as well as about parameters such as optimal temperature, oxygen levels, minimum and optimal light, or other such ...

A comprehensive review of scholarly articles was conducted to examine the marine environmental changes in four representative bays in Korea. Cheonsu B…

Marine SAR116 bacterioplankton are ubiquitous in surface waters across global oceans and form their own order, Puniceispirillales, within the Alphaproteobacteria. To date no comparative physiology amo...

A long-term metagenomic time series reveals how viruses impact diversity, ecological dynamics and evolution of freshwater microbiomes.