In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

Single cell organisms reproduce by cell division, on their own. They may live alongside other cells of the same species. An E. coli bacteria that forms a colony containing many thousands of E ...

In One-Celled Organism, a Taste of Immortality. June 11, 2005. ... which spends its days munching on other tiny organisms off the coast of South Korea, had been named in her honor.

Like bacteria, archaea are single-celled organisms. Genetically, however, there are significant differences between the two domains, especially regarding their cell envelopes and metabolic processes.

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

Most animals require brains to run, jump or hop. The single-celled protozoan Euplotes eurystomus, however, achieves a scurrying walk using a simple, mechanical computer to coordinate its microscopic ...

More information: Nico Schramma et al, Light-regulated chloroplast morphodynamics in a single-celled dinoflagellate, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas ...

E. coli is arguably the most well-studied organism on Earth, but scientists have now discovered a new behavior that’s almost never seen in bacteria. The normally single-celled organisms have ...

Single-celled organisms set for greater role in gut health. Long cast as villains, some protists, such as Blastocystis, are potentially beneficial to human health. By. Anthony King 0 ...