Bacteria riding on sinking ocean particles can erode the mineral ballast that helps those particles descend, slowing the ...

When marine organisms die and sink, billions of tons of organic and inorganic carbon are carried downward each year. The ...

Learn how bacteria inside marine snow may dissolve shell minerals and influence how the ocean stores carbon.

Montana State University has long been a hub for research on the many unique features of nearby Yellowstone National Park, and now a doctoral student in one of the university's microbiology ...

A team led by Rice University bioscientist Caroline Ajo-Franklin has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating electricity, using a natural process that pushes electrons into their ...

The organism, an early-evolving bacterium named Hydrogenobacter, thrives in the hydrothermal spring environments of Yellowstone National Park, which are rich in sulfur but have very low dissolved ...