Protists are predators of bacteria, and they help shape soil communities by munching on bacteria (sorry, bacteria). Researchers knew that protists could identify prey when they were in direct contact ...

In the world of microbes, organisms like viruses and bacteria get a lot of attention. But now, researchers are beginning to study other unicellular life forms, like archaea, and protists. Protists ...

Microbial necromass plays a crucial role in soil organic carbon (SOC) formation, yet the underlying abiotic and biotic ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 55, No. 2 (March 2010), pp. 885-898 (14 pages) The effect of oceanic eddies on microbial processes, with emphasis on bacterial losses due to protists and phages, was ...

Pac-Man, the open-mouthed face of the most successful arcade game ever, is much more well-known than any of the one-celled organisms called protists, at least among people over 30. But the first study ...

Bacterivorous protists have been recovered from pristine and contaminated aquifer environments, but the ecological role of these organisms in bioremediation strategies has not been well defined.

Viruses occur in astronomic numbers everywhere on Earth, from the atmosphere to the deepest ocean. Surprisingly, considering the abundance and nutrient-richness of viruses, no organisms are known to ...

Tiny predators in the soil can literally sniff out their prey: soil bacteria, which communicate with each other using scent. A team of researchers has discovered that these predators -- called ...

Oceans were warmer last month than any other May on record - Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP POOL Oceans were warmer last month than any other May on record ...

The most common groups of soil protists behave exactly like Pac-Man: moving through the soil matrix, gobbling up bacteria according to a new article. Pac-Man, the open-mouthed face of the most ...