Bats in Farmed Savannas Carry a Surprising Load of Potential Pathogens in Their Guts
A new study of 109 little free-tailed bats in Eswatini reveals highly individual gut microbiomes rich in potential bacterial pathogens ...
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Alligator Leeches Reveal a Hidden Core Microbiome Built for a Blood-Only Diet
A sweeping survey of Placobdella leeches from American alligators across the southeastern United States reveals a conserved core microbiome, four ...
Hidden Bacterial Partners Shape How Edible Mushroom Mycelia Grow and Function
A new study finds that cultivated edible mushroom mycelia host bacterial communities that are conserved in diversity but strain-specific in ...
Bleach and DNA-Zap emerge as best ways to clean ticks before microbiome sequencing
A controlled mock-community study shows that bleach and DNA/RNA Zap outperform ethanol at removing surface bacteria from Ixodes ricinus ticks ...
Cucumber Rotations Rewire Underground Bacterial Networks, Study Finds
A new study shows that rotating cucumber with cabbage or rice differentially reshapes soil bacterial diversity, community composition, and co-occurrence ...
Dammed River, Rewired Guts: How Diets Shape Fish Microbiomes in a Channelized Yangtze Tributary
A study of eight fish species in the dammed Jialing River shows that gut microbial communities track feeding habits as ...
Heavy Grazing Unravels the Hidden Microbial Networks Beneath Desert Grasslands
A new study of Inner Mongolian desert grasslands shows that heavy grazing erodes soil microbial diversity and produces complex but ...
Farm Fields Beat Factories: Arsenic From Irrigation Emerges as Punjab’s Worst Soil Threat
A replicated EDXRF and 16S rRNA survey across Punjab finds that arsenic from flood irrigation makes agricultural soils more ecologically ...
Captive Life Rewrites the Gut Microbes and Metabolism of a Desert Gecko
A new multi-omics study shows that captivity reshapes the gut microbiota, metabolism, digestive enzymes and immune profiles of the desert ...
Desert Soil Microbes Reveal Hidden Divide Between Rare and Abundant Bacteria Under Drought
A sweeping survey of rhizosphere soils from four Chinese deserts shows that rare and abundant bacterial taxa around the sand-stabilizing ...
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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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