A team of scientists from Monash University has solved the structure of a protein known as "LYCHOS," which can detect and ...

Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host their own microbiomes.

In the ocean, some protists function like plants ... envelop and digest still smaller cells. Ocean ecosystems depend on these predators and browsers to consume plant-like phytoplankton and ...

Choanoflagellates envelop and digest still smaller cells. Ocean ecosystems depend on these predators to consume plant-like phytoplankton and bacteria. In turn, protists become food for the tiny ...