Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.

Researchers found that cooperative fluid dynamics between single-celled organisms may have driven the evolution of ...

In new research published this week, a team led by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) scientists reveals that symbiotic bacteria often accompany single-celled protists in the ocean's upper layer.

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All life on Earth is classified within three domains — bacteria, archaea and eukarya — with eukarya containing all ...

Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

With DNA sequence analysis, the researchers determined which bacteria, protists, phytoplankton and other single-celled organisms were present in the seawater. Also, they predicted microbial ...

Protozoa are single-celled eukaryotic organisms that are often classified as protists. They are diverse in shape and function, with some acting as free-living organisms while others are parasitic.

Scientists then leaned towards it being a giant fungus, but the classification remained uncertain. A 2007 study even ...

That process, called carbon fixation, resulted in the assembly of two three-carbon molecules called 3-phosphoglycerate (3-PGA ...

Ohio Wesleyan University’s Hanliang “Han” Guo, Ph.D., is the co-author of newly published research that “potentially provides fundamental insights of early evolution of multicellular organization.” ...