Sulfate-reducing bacteria break down a large proportion of the organic carbon in the oxygen-free zones of Earth, and in the ...

Another microbiology project will focus on Arctic bacteriophages, i.e. viruses, which can kill bacteria. This is another promising direction in creating new substances against infections.

Frozen ground would seem to stall microbes — especially in winter — but scientists have been finding robust emissions of ...

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...

TASS/. Scientists at the Siberian Federal University proved bioplastics may be used in sub-Arctic latitudes without harming the environment, as soil bacteria can decompose bioplastics membranes.

A group of scientists from the University of Oldenburg, Germany, has discovered how special bacteria in the ocean break down ...

BEIJING -- Researchers from the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) have identified and published six new genera and seven new species of Antarctic bacteria, as announced by China's 41st ...

The Arctic winter is cold and dark everywhere ... Yet in these inhospitable conditions, some marine bacteria have found a surprising way to eke out an existence. Heterotrophic bacteria, which normally ...