Sick Leeches Keep Their Microbial Diversity but Lose Their Microbial Stability
A new 16S rRNA study of farmed medicinal leeches shows that disease is marked not by lost microbial diversity but...
Older Siblings Reshape the Preschool Gut Microbiome, Nationwide Study Finds
A nationwide Japanese birth cohort study of 903 children found that having older siblings strongly reduces the odds of a...
Ripening Rewrites Banana Peel Fiber: Green Stage Wins for Function, Yellow Stage for Gut Bacteria
New research shows that the ripening stage of banana peel dramatically changes the structure, function, and prebiotic power of fiber...
Gut Microbe Molecule 7-KDCA Shields Diabetic Muscles by Blocking NLRP1-Ferroptosis Cell Death
Researchers found that the gut bacterial metabolite 7-KDCA protects against diabetic muscle wasting by suppressing NLRP1 inflammasome activation and ferroptosis...
Gut Microbes Track With Autism Symptoms, but Inflammation Tells a Different Story
A large cross-sectional study finds that gut microbial composition in children with autism correlates with both gastrointestinal and behavioral symptom...
Lithium Citrate Shows Hidden Toll on Honeybee Guts and Microbiomes
A new study finds that lithium citrate, a promising experimental treatment against Varroa mites, causes dose-dependent mortality, severe midgut epithelial...
Cell Shape Holds the Key to Bacterial Power Struggles, Simulations Show
Agent-based simulations reveal that bacterial cell shape determines whether competing populations in confined channels fixate or coexist, with sphere-like cells...
Vaginal Microbiome Study of 10,000 Women Reveals Lasting Microbial Scars of Infection
A shotgun metagenomic study of 10,003 American women shows that microbial signatures of recent bacterial vaginosis and urinary tract infection,...
Richer Microbial Communities Help Soils Hold Water, Study Finds
A University of Arizona mesocosm experiment shows that more diverse soil microbial communities produce extracellular polymeric substances that increase water...
Machine Learning and a Soil Bacterium Reveal How Tomatoes Fight a Devastating Wilt
Researchers at Hainan University combined transcriptomics, network analysis, and machine learning to show how Bacillus safensis strain H23 primes tomato...
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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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