A single-celled microbe that revels in Earth's most hostile salt lakes has the remarkable ability to transform its mote of a ...

Another special element of MMB is the "magnetotactic" in its name, which means it orients itself based on Earth's magnetic ...

Researchers have made a surprising discovery of Henneguya salminicola, a microscopic parasite residing in salmon muscles, as ...

Comb jellies "could repurpose [their] genetic toolkit in different ways like a Swiss knife," said the researchers.

Each cell has their own genetic code that helps maintain viability and directs function.  This genetic code is commonly referred to as deoxyribonuclei | Immunology ...

Despite each member of this bacterial clan existing as a single-celled organism, none of them can survive that way. Instead, they combine together and act as one giant, multicellular organism that ...

The duplication and division of cells is critical to keeping all multicellular organisms alive. But the opposite process is ...

The duplication and division of cells is critical to keeping all multicellular organisms alive. But the opposite process is equally important: cell death.

As cells were subjected to specific pressures, they transitioned from solitary organisms to interconnected ... Tissue-like multicellular development triggered by mechanical compression in archaea ...

We’re not talking in a metaphorical sense. This bacterium quite literally acts like a living wire. Candidatus Electrothrix yaqonensis is a filamentous, multicellular bacterium that channels electrons ...