Tree bark #microbes clean the air by removing greenhouse and toxic gases https://phys.org/news/2026-01-tree-bark-microbes-air-greenhouse.html

"Each #tree hosts trillions of microbial cells on its bark... Most are tree-adapted specialists that feed on climate-active gases... They consume methane, hydrogen, CO... Counting all #trees on Earth, their surface covers an area roughly as all continents combined. The microbial activity across this massive 'bark continent' is potentially removing millions of tons of climate-active gases every year"

Tree bark #microbes clean the air by removing greenhouse and toxic gases https://phys.org/news/2026-01-tree-bark-microbes-air-greenhouse.html

"Each #tree hosts trillions of microbial cells on its bark... Most are tree-adapted specialists that feed on climate-active gases... They consume methane, hydrogen, CO... Counting all #trees on Earth, their surface covers an area roughly as all continents combined. The microbial activity across this massive 'bark continent' is potentially removing millions of tons of climate-active gases every year"

A study of people with a rare condition known as auto-brewery syndrome has found a link between gut #microbes and symptoms of intoxication, pointing to new treatment strategies.
#Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/mcb01082601.html

A study of people with a rare condition known as auto-brewery syndrome has found a link between gut #microbes and symptoms of intoxication, pointing to new treatment strategies.
#Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/mcb01082601.html

Score one more for human creativity (and microbial flair! 🦠).

The #AgarArt winners have been announced by the American Society for #Microbiology. This year's theme was " #Microbes Make the World Go Round", with professional, creator, and kids categories.

Beautiful and informative. The opposite of #AISlop

https://asm.org/press-releases/2025/december/agar-art-contest-2025-winners-showcase-how-microbe

#SciComm

Score one more for human creativity (and microbial flair! 🦠).

The #AgarArt winners have been announced by the American Society for #Microbiology. This year's theme was " #Microbes Make the World Go Round", with professional, creator, and kids categories.

Beautiful and informative. The opposite of #AISlop

https://asm.org/press-releases/2025/december/agar-art-contest-2025-winners-showcase-how-microbe

#SciComm

🦠 Microbes may remove more than half of groundwater methane, curbing global emissions

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-microbes-groundwater-methane-curbing-global.html

#methane #carbon #climatechange #groundwater #microbes #microbiome #biology #ecology

🦠 Microbes may remove more than half of groundwater methane, curbing global emissions

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-microbes-groundwater-methane-curbing-global.html

#methane #carbon #climatechange #groundwater #microbes #microbiome #biology #ecology

Sulfur cave #spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web https://phys.org/news/2025-11-sulfur-cave-spiders-arachnid-megacity.html

An extraordinary colonial spider community in Sulfur Cave sustained by chemoautotrophy https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/162344/

"the entire food chain is powered by sulfur-oxidizing #microbes that thrive in the cave system and are consumed by tiny non-biting midges. These small #insects are easily caught in the web, providing an abundant, continuous food source"

Sulfur cave #spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web https://phys.org/news/2025-11-sulfur-cave-spiders-arachnid-megacity.html

An extraordinary colonial spider community in Sulfur Cave sustained by chemoautotrophy https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/162344/

"the entire food chain is powered by sulfur-oxidizing #microbes that thrive in the cave system and are consumed by tiny non-biting midges. These small #insects are easily caught in the web, providing an abundant, continuous food source"

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"But they were unaware that the great majority of the #biota, perhaps 99%, easily streamed through the holes of their nets; the holes were simply too big to capture these microbes. Even when membrane flters and microscopy were used, and they revealed great diversity of #microplankton and #nanoplankton, most #microbes evaded detection. The view of the pelagic web of life that emerged and became entrenched for a century was then based on a tiny fraction of marine biota."

Farooq Azam, 2011

Novel research reveals thriving microbial life in trees https://phys.org/news/2025-08-reveals-microbial-life-trees.html

A diverse and distinct #microbiome inside living trees https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09316-0

"A single tree hosts about one trillion #bacteria in its woody tissue... #microbes are partitioned between heartwood and sapwood with each having its own unique microbiomes with minimal similarity to other tissues... They are actively producing gases and cycling nutrients... these communities may have coevolved with #trees over time"

Novel research reveals thriving microbial life in trees https://phys.org/news/2025-08-reveals-microbial-life-trees.html

A diverse and distinct #microbiome inside living trees https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09316-0

"A single tree hosts about one trillion #bacteria in its woody tissue... #microbes are partitioned between heartwood and sapwood with each having its own unique microbiomes with minimal similarity to other tissues... They are actively producing gases and cycling nutrients... these communities may have coevolved with #trees over time"