Tag Archives: Marine bacteria

Stony bacteria

By Roberta Kwok / May 14, 2012
A newly discovered bacterium has pearl-like lumps inside. Credit: CNRS, K. Benzerara & S. Borensztajn

Lake-dwelling bacterium has hard lumps inside it

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Glowing, gutsy hitchhikers

By Stephen Ornes / January 10, 2012
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Bacteria glow to get across the ocean inside animals’ guts

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Floor of Gulf got slimed

By Stephen Ornes / April 7, 2011
Last year, scientists discovered a kind of oil-eating bacteria, shown in this picture, in the plumes of oil rising from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico.

Oil from BP spill was likely dragged down by bacterial goo

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Bugs with Gas

By Julie Rehmeyer / September 28, 2006

Microbes living in sand under the sea may produce gases such as propane.

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Detecting an Eerie Sea Glow

By Emily Sohn / September 30, 2005

At night, glowing bacteria can give large areas of the sea a surreal milky color.

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