Scientists in Siberia have brought back to life a virus that stayed frozen in permafrost for 48,500 years. They pulled it from the ancient ice, thawed it in a secure lab, and watched it infect amoebae ...

Using four different samples, each at amoeba densities of about 3×10 4 cells cm −2, we recorded 106 divisions, of which 32 (30±7%) were involved in cooperative reproduction (statistics were averaged ...

Human norovirus and adenovirus, two major causes of viral gastroenteritis, can persist for extended periods inside ...

Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV) and subsequently discovered giant viruses of amoebae challenge the previous definition of viruses and their classification. The replication cycle, structure, ...

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A group of environmental and public health scientists is sounding the alarm on a largely overlooked but increasingly ...

Amoebae, single-celled organisms common in soil, water and grade-school science classrooms, may play a key role in the survival and spread of deadly plague bacteria. New research shows that plague ...

The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum is a powerful social study system because of the hard work of generations of cell and molecular biologists who have figured out many of the mechanisms of its ...

Amoebae living in a creek in Mumbai are acting as a "Trojan horse," harboring and protecting multidrug resistant bacteria, according to new research. The study, led by the University of Strathclyde, ...

Researchers published a study confirming the discovery of a new process for producing active complex compounds in amoebae. In particular, studying the process of olivetolic acid production (a compound ...

The simple amoeba — a single-celled organism found in the water and soil — may provide a safe haven for the deadly bacteria that cause the plague, a new study finds. Plague bacteria (Yersinia pestis) ...