Microbes Defy Carbon Rules as Alpine Grasslands Turn Drier
A study of 60 sites across the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau finds that microbial carbon use efficiency nearly doubles as soil organic...
Gut Bacterium Unmasked as Powerful Transformer of Licorice Compound
Researchers have identified Bifidobacterium longum subsp. suillum strain AA-55 as a potent gut bacterial degrader of the licorice flavonoid licochalcone...
Single bacterial strain recruits microbial allies to break down tobacco leaf polysaccharides over 36 months
A 36-month experiment shows that the added bacterium Microbacterium testaceum accelerates the degradation of starch, pectin, cellulose, and hemicellulose in...
Microbial Inoculants Give Teak Cuttings a Head Start in Reforestation
Researchers in India show that inoculating teak root-shoot cuttings with nitrogen-fixing bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi boosts growth, nutrient uptake and...
Liver Drug Shows Promise for Restoring Sperm Quality in Metabolic Syndrome
A new mouse study shows that the FXR agonist obeticholic acid improves sperm progressive motility in high-fat diet-induced metabolic syndrome...
Mussel Gills Host a Year-Round Core Microbiome Shaped by Resident and Transient Microbes
A year-long study of Mediterranean mussels in the Adriatic Sea shows that the gill microbiome is distinct from surrounding seawater...
Gut Microbes From Elderly Humans Weaken Intestinal Barriers When Transplanted Into Pigs
A new pig model study shows that fecal microbiota from elderly human donors, compared with microbiota from young adults, reshapes...
Seagrass Survives Coastal Pollution by Splitting Microbial Labor Between Root Zones
A field study along a tropical nutrient and sulfide gradient shows that seagrasses reconfigure root exudates and compartmentalize microbial functions...
Citrus Compounds Hesperetin and Naringenin Reshape the Oral Microbiome Linked to Childhood Tooth Decay
An exploratory metagenomic study found that the citrus flavonoids hesperetin and naringenin broadly remodeled the taxonomic and functional gene profile...
Peer Bork, computational biology pioneer who mapped life’s networks, dies at 62
Computational biology pioneer Peer Bork, who shaped protein network analysis, microbiome research and the TREC coastal ecosystems project, has died...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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