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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Single-Celled Organism May Be First Free-Living Eukaryote Without Mitochondria Ever Discovered Mitochondria are essential components of eukaryotic cells… until they aren’t. Laura Simmons ...

Every human, bird, tree, and flower can trace its ancestry across a few billion years back to microscopic, single-celled organisms such as bacteria. That change from micro to macro, ...