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馃 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
馃 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"
"When we think of the #ocean, we might think of whales, waves, dolphins, fish, the smell of the sea, its blue colour, and its vastness; most of us would not look out at the sea and think of marine microbes, nor did marine scientists for over a century. They sailed the seas and strenuously dragged plankton nets through the ocean鈥檚 pelagic zone to capture what they judged would represent the marine biota.
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Farooq Azam, 2011
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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"
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