Bacteria are in the majority in the gut microbiome; other significant inhabitants — archaea, viruses, protists and fungi — have been studied far less. Our project will focus on protists ...

to allow students to easily explore patterns in protist abundance and diversity in Dry Valleys lakes. Dr. Morgan-Kiss and MCM PhD student Anna Wright uploaded data for one year of samples from Lake ...

Disease-causing viruses, bacteria, fungi or protists are called pathogens. Sterilising water, preparing food hygienically, washing, vaccination and barrier contraception can reduce the spread of ...

Dr Alex Lathbridge breaks down the key facts about communicable diseases, looking at how they are spread and the four main types: viruses, bacteria, fungi and protists. Hello, I’m Dr Alex ...

a group of marine protists that are closely related to both animals and fungi (a protist is a eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, land plant, or fungus). Dudin is an expert in ...