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Protozoa and Their Ecological Roles

Protozoa and Their Ecological Roles

Drop a pond water sample under a microscope and you'll almost certainly find them darting, gliding, or oozing across the slide: protozoa, single-

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Fermentation: Microbial Metabolism at Work

Fermentation: Microbial Metabolism at Work

Bread rises, yogurt thickens, and beer bubbles, all because of fermentation, a metabolic pathway that lets cells keep generating energy when oxyg

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How to Convert Images to WebP in WordPress?

How to Convert Images to WebP in WordPress?

WebP images are typically 25-35% smaller than an equivalent-quality JPEG or PNG, which matters more than almost any other single optimization on a ty

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Biofilms: How Microbes Build Communities

Biofilms: How Microbes Build Communities

Textbook diagrams often show bacteria as isolated single cells floating freely, but that's not how

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Archaea: Life in Extreme Environments

Archaea: Life in Extreme Environments

For most of the 20th century, biologists classified archaea as an unusual type of bacteria, si

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Fungi: The Overlooked Kingdom

Fungi: The Overlooked Kingdom

Mention fungi and most people picture mushrooms, yeast, or mold, a fairly narrow slice of what is actually one of the largest and most metabolica

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