A new type of microorganism has been discovered that may prove crucial in the process of water purification on Earth. These microorganisms are hidden within the Earth's critical life zone and can ...

They inflicted battlefield-like wounds in victims, then infected the wounds with bacteria such as streptococcus ... had been mopped just to get a drop of fresh water. The experiments caused ...

In 300 years, we have gone from observing mixed species in a drop of pond water to isolating and studying individual bacteria to sequencing all species in a sample of seawater. In the process ...