Microbial Life
From Oceanus Magazine
March 1, 2013
Fungi Flourish Below the Seafloor
Searching for life in the deep sea, scientists find surprises
February 1, 2013
Bacteria Hitchhike on Tiny Marine Life
Why do pathogens settle on animals called copepods?
October 25, 2012
Bacteria Exhibit Altruistic Behavior
Some microbes make antibiotics to benefit their kin
July 13, 2012
Symbiosis in the Deep Sea
Scientists discover how bacteria living with shrimp make a living
November 23, 2011
The Ocean's Tiny Chemists
A new tool helps sort out a hubbub of microbial activity in the sea
October 20, 2011
A Drop in the Ocean is Teeming with Life
Scientists reveal hidden relationships among marine microbes
July 14, 2011
Of Predators, Prey, and Petroleum
Do microscopic marine animals help bacteria degrade oil?
April 15, 2011
Oil, Microbes, and the Risk of Dead Zones
Did oil-eating microbes deplete oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico?
January 10, 2011
Recycling Rare, Essential Nutrients in the Sea
Key marine bacterium appears to thrive by reusing scarce iron
November 5, 2010
Microbes Hitch Rides on Plastics in the Sea
Scientists reveal hidden microscopic world on floating plastic debris
March 5, 2010
Bacterial 'Conversations' Have Impact on Climate
'Quorum sensing' helps control how carbon moves in the sea
October 28, 2009
Exploring an Icy, Invisible Realm in Antarctica
Audio Slideshow: Researchers search for tiny marine life at the heart of a fertile ecosystem
October 2, 2009
The Hunt for Microbial 'Trojan Horses'
Should we beware of protists bearing pathogens?
December 12, 2008
Another Greenhouse Gas to Watch: Nitrous Oxide
Where are steadily rising levels of the gas coming from?
December 12, 2008
Tracking Nitrogen's Elusive Trail in the Ocean
The 'isotope effect' offers a new way to follow where nitrogen goes
December 5, 2008
A Tale of Two Oceans, and the Monsoons
Tiny seafloor shells could reveal big clues to the forces that generate monsoons
November 3, 2008
Listening In As Bacteria 'Talk' to Each Other
A graduate student explores the microbial mysteries of quorum sensing
September 17, 2008
The Spiral Secret to Mammal Hearing
... and other recent research findings by WHOI scientists
September 3, 2008
Testing the Waters and Closing Beaches
Researchers seek faster, better ways to detect harmful bacteria
October 4, 2007
Microbes That 'Eat' Natural Gas
Scientists identify bacteria that convert chemicals in surprising ways
June 7, 2007
Growing Marine Plants Need Their Vitamins
Vitamin B12 has impacts on the ocean food web and Earth's climate
April 5, 2007
Cell-sized Thermometers
Can the shells of microscopic organisms be used to measure past deep-ocean temperatures?
January 12, 2007
Deep-sea Tubeworms Get Versatile 'Inside' Help
Scientists find first known organism that makes organic carbon by two different means
September 13, 2006
The Oceans Are Filled with Microbes. Some Are Nasty
What environmental conditions foster outbreaks of pathogenic bacteria?
July 25, 2006
Ocean Microscope Reveals Surprising Abundance of Life
Widespread bacterial colonies may play crucial role in ocean ecosystem
February 10, 2006
Graduate Student Discovers an Unusual New Species
Unlike other magnetotactic bacteria, the "barbell" bacterium heads in its own direction
March 11, 2005
Little Things Matter A Lot
Overlooked in the ocean until the 1970s, cyanobacteria are among Earth's most important organisms
March 8, 2005
The Deeps of Time in the Depths of the Ocean
Discoveries of unusual marine microbes are radically changing our views about the evolution of life
January 27, 2005
New Instrument Sheds Light on Bioluminescence
A WHOI engineer invents a device to measure a critical but elusive ocean phenomenon
October 25, 2004
Revealing the Ocean's Invisible Abundance
Scientists develop new instruments to study microbes at the center of the ocean food web
August 24, 2004
Living Large in Microscopic Nooks
Newly discovered deep-sea microbes rearrange thinking on the evolution of the Earth? and life on it
April 12, 2004
Is Life Thriving Deep Beneath the Seafloor?
Recent discoveries hint at a potentially huge and diverse subsurface biosphere