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Microbial Life
From Oceanus Magazine
In the Gardens of the Queen
Joint U.S.-Cuban expedition explores pristine Cuban coral reefs
The Amazing Acquired Phototroph!
Stealing parts from their prey, these hunters turn into farmers
What Happened to Deepwater Horizon Oil?
Did dispersants help microbes break down oil?
New Device Reveals What Ocean Microbes Do
Instrument may also help monitor sewage treatment plants
Life Dwells Deep Within Earth's Crust
What is living there and how?
Endangered Whales Get a High-Tech Check-Up
Drones give researchers an unparalleled view of marine mammal health
Journey Into the Ocean's Microbiomes
A scientist examines a tango between marine animals and bacteria
Minerals Made by Microbes
Some geology naturally requires biology
A Mighty Mysterious Molecule
Chemical compounds are the currency in ocean ecosystems
Recipes for Antibiotic Resistance
A student examines the bacterial bouillabaisse in the coastal ocean
A Green Thumb for Ocean Microbes
Growing marine bacteria in the laboratory is a challenge
A Telescope to Peer into the Vast Ocean
Epic voyage begins to illuminate the micro-universe across the Pacific
Bringing a Lab to the Seafloor
New device probes deep-sea microbial life
Big Questions About Tiny Bacteria
Novel experiments probe how life thrives at the seafloor
Uncovering the Ocean's Biological Pump
Scientists reveal the hidden movements of particles and chemicals in the sea
Drug Discovery in the Ocean
Marine microbes are potential sources of disease treatments
Lush Life, Deep Down
Thriving biodiversity discovered under the seafloor
Behold the 'Plastisphere'
Colonies of microbes flourish on tiny bits in the ocean
What Doomed the Stromatolites?
Scientists find key clue to an ancient enigma
An Oddity about Lyme Disease Bacteria
Unlike any other known life form, they don't require iron
Corals' Indispensable Bacterial Buddies
Like humans, corals may be superorganisms
Mining Marine Microbes for New Drugs
The sea holds potential to combat resistance to antibiotics
The Harshest Habitats on Earth
Life blooms in Deep Hypersaline Anoxic Basins
An Ocean Instrument Is Born
Meet SID: the Submersible Incubation Device
Fungi Flourish Below the Seafloor
Searching for life in the deep sea, scientists find surprises
Bacteria Hitchhike on Tiny Marine Life
Why do pathogens settle on animals called copepods?
Barnacles and Biofilms
Could tiny predators help banish barnacles?
Bacteria Exhibit Altruistic Behavior
Some microbes make antibiotics to benefit their kin
Internship Pairs Scientists and Students
WHOI scientist/FA teacher plays matchmaker
Symbiosis in the Deep Sea
Scientists discover how bacteria living with shrimp make a living
Marine Microbes vs. Cystic Fibrosis
Scientist seeks medicines from nature
The Ocean's Tiny Chemists
A new tool helps sort out a hubbub of microbial activity in the sea
A Drop in the Ocean is Teeming with Life
Scientists reveal hidden relationships among marine microbes
Of Predators, Prey, and Petroleum
Do microscopic marine animals help bacteria degrade oil?
Oil, Microbes, and the Risk of Dead Zones
Did oil-eating microbes deplete oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico?
Recycling Rare, Essential Nutrients in the Sea
Key marine bacterium appears to thrive by reusing scarce iron
Microbes Hitch Rides on Plastics in the Sea
Scientists reveal hidden microscopic world on floating plastic debris
Bacterial 'Conversations' Have Impact on Climate
'Quorum sensing' helps control how carbon moves in the sea
Rose Kantor
Quorum sensing among bacteria
Cara Manning
Tracking the greenhouse gas N2O
Exploring an Icy, Invisible Realm in Antarctica
Audio Slideshow: Researchers search for tiny marine life at the heart of a fertile ecosystem
The Hunt for Microbial 'Trojan Horses'
Should we beware of protists bearing pathogens?
Another Greenhouse Gas to Watch: Nitrous Oxide
Where are steadily rising levels of the gas coming from?
Tracking Nitrogen's Elusive Trail in the Ocean
The 'isotope effect' offers a new way to follow where nitrogen goes
A Tale of Two Oceans, and the Monsoons
Tiny seafloor shells could reveal big clues to the forces that generate monsoons
Listening In As Bacteria 'Talk' to Each Other
A graduate student explores the microbial mysteries of quorum sensing
The Spiral Secret to Mammal Hearing
... and other recent research findings by WHOI scientists
Testing the Waters and Closing Beaches
Researchers seek faster, better ways to detect harmful bacteria
Mining the Origins of Life
... and other recent research findings by WHOI scientists
Some Things New Under the Sea
... and other recent findings by WHOI deep-ocean researchers
Microbes That 'Eat' Natural Gas
Scientists identify bacteria that convert chemicals in surprising ways
Growing Marine Plants Need Their Vitamins
Vitamin B12 has impacts on the ocean food web and Earth's climate
Cell-sized Thermometers
Can the shells of microscopic organisms be used to measure past deep-ocean temperatures?
Deep-sea Tubeworms Get Versatile 'Inside' Help
Scientists find first known organism that makes organic carbon by two different means
The Oceans Are Filled with Microbes. Some Are Nasty
What environmental conditions foster outbreaks of pathogenic bacteria?
Legions of Legionella Bacteria
Scientists find a surprising number of microbes in the sea
Ocean Microscope Reveals Surprising Abundance of Life
Widespread bacterial colonies may play crucial role in ocean ecosystem
Graduate Student Discovers an Unusual New Species
Unlike other magnetotactic bacteria, the "barbell" bacterium heads in its own direction
Little Things Matter A Lot
Overlooked in the ocean until the 1970s, cyanobacteria are among Earth's most important organisms
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
New Instrument Sheds Light on Bioluminescence
A WHOI engineer invents a device to measure a critical but elusive ocean phenomenon
Revealing the Ocean's Invisible Abundance
Scientists develop new instruments to study microbes at the center of the ocean food web
Living Large in Microscopic Nooks
Newly discovered deep-sea microbes rearrange thinking on the evolution of the Earth? and life on it
Is Life Thriving Deep Beneath the Seafloor?
Recent discoveries hint at a potentially huge and diverse subsurface biosphere
