The analysis of a termite entombed for 100 million years in an ancient piece of amber has revealed the oldest example of "mutualism" ever discovered between an animal and microorganism, and also shows ...

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization of 33,000 individual members and 75 affiliated Member Associations representing water quality ...

Biologists have developed a sensor that employs one-celled protozoa to detect toxins in water sources. The new technique works by introducing protozoa into small chambers with water samples taken from ...

Some protozoa infect the brain of their host, shaping its behavior in ways most suited to the pathogen, even if it leads to the suicide of the host THE ANCIENT DEBATE surrounding the existence of free ...

Protozoa are small, single-celled organisms that live in moist environments, such as ponds, swamps, and soils. They can survive themselves or sometimes live as a parasite inside the plants or animals.

The film explores the vital role of microorganisms in soil, highlighting that soil is teeming with microscopic plants and animals that are essential for plant growth and the overall balance of life on ...

Seemingly innocent microorganisms may have harmful consequences: Ubiquitous waterborne protozoa appear capable of aiding the survival of several types of bacteria responsible for gut-wrenching food ...

We investigated if the activity of soil invertebrates (protozoa and earthworms) affected the performance of barley and if effects propagated higher up the above-ground food chain into herbivores ...

STEPHENVILLE – If imported fire ants dreamed – and who knows if they do or don't – then a tiny protozoa could be their worst nightmare. Even better news: Texas A&M University System entomologists have ...