Within the complex hierarchy of marine ecosystems, giant viruses are now being recognized as novel drivers of both ecological balance and carbon cycling. A new study published in Nature npj Viruses, ...

Giant viruses play a role in the survival of single-celled marine organisms called protists. These include algae, amoeba, and flagellates, that form the base of ocean food webs. And since these ...

Researchers have identified a previously unknown species of unicellular organism in seawater collected near Hachijojima Island. The newly discovered species, named Viscidocauda repens, belongs to the ...

In an interview with Megyn Kelly on SiriusXM, CNN anchor and author Jake Tapper reflects on how "conservative media" was correct about former President Joe Biden's decline in office. JAKE TAPPER: I ...

A parasite cleanse is a diet, herbal supplement, or other product that claims to get rid of parasites in your body. People who promote these cleanses claim that parasites are the cause of digestive ...

WARNING ANIMAL DISSECTION! The film "Parasitism: Parasitic Flatworms" explores the relationship between parasitic flatworms and their hosts, detailing how these organisms live off other animals for ...

FLAGELLATES of the family Trypanosomidæ are for the most part parasites of the intestinal tract of invertebrates, chiefly insects. Infection. is con-taminative, one insect infecting itself from ...

A British man owns a quarter-acre plot of land with 10,365,025,000 head of livestock on it. He wonders how he can continue to support them. His herd of springtails is not less than 15 million. He ...

Genetic analyses show how the metabolic capacities of symbiotic bacteria in the gut of termites have changed over the course of evolution Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial ...

As predators of bacteria and viruses and as food sources for microzooplankton, heterotrophic flagellates (HFs) play an important role in the marine micro-food web. Based on the global climate change’s ...