Diversity Quote by Carl Woese

The majority of life on Earth is microbial

— Caleb Scharf

If few worlds have microbial life, it dramatically reduces the chances that more complex organisms exist.

— Debra Fischer

Each of these [bacterial] species are masterpieces of evolution. Each has persisted for thousands to millions of years. Each is exquisitely adapted to the…

— E. O. Wilson

Most life on Earth is microbes. we've only just scratched the surface of the microbial realm. Probably less than .1% of microbes have been…

— Paul Davies

Biological diversity is the key to the maintenance of the world as we know it... Eliminate one species, and another increases to take its…

— E. O. Wilson

The vast majority of terrestrial species are in fact microbes, and scientists have only begun scratching the surface of the microbial realm. It is…

— Paul Davies

The diversity of life on Earth, generally, is astonishing. But despite those large numbers, it's also important to recognize that every species, one way…

— Sylvia Earle

Here on Earth, we've found organisms that thrive in environmental conditions we would have once thought uninhabitable. The presence of these extremophiles suggests that…

— Nick Sagan

We know that within the solar system is very unlikely there will be anything more advanced than microbial life, but if we think outside…

— Paul Davies

“Throughout 150 years of the science of bacteriology, there is no evidence that one species of bacteria has changed into another... Since there is…

— Alan H. Linton

A billion homo sapiens are added every 11 years to the planet. The hypertrophy of a single species pushes other life-forms out of bed…

— Leonard Sweet

There are millions and millions of species, including organisms most people have never heard of. There is so much that waits to be told.…

— E. O. Wilson