Abstract Background Human-designed oligotrophic environments, such as cleanrooms, harbor unique microbial communities shaped by selective pressures like temperature, humidity, nutrient availability, cleaning reagents, and radiation. Maintaining the biological cleanliness of […]
Paenibacillus
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Microbes That Can Withstand Microwave Exposure
Since the industrial revolution, microbes have successfully colonized one novel type of habitat after another: for example marine oil spills, plastic floating in the oceans, industrial brownfields, and even the […]
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Rare Microbes Discovered Living Inside the International Space Station
Rare microbes fill unique ecological niches and may hold blueprints for powerful new technologies like antibiotics.