Microbes could be used by farmers as natural fertilizer for poor soil
A study supported by FAPESP and reported in an article published in ISME Journal identified 522 genomes of archaea and bacteria associated with the ...
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Scientists create computer simulation based on digital microbes
Researchers at University of Galway associated with APC Microbiome Ireland, a world-leading SFI Research Centre, have created a resource of ...
How do human body-associated microbes spread? The transmission landscape of the human microbiomes
The microbiome is a great ally of our health. It performs a fundamental role in the functioning of the immune ...
Deep meditation may alter gut microbes for better health
Regular deep meditation, practised for several years, may help to regulate the gut microbiome and potentially lower the risks of ...
A novel, powerful tool to unveil the communication between gut microbes and the brain
In the past decade, researchers have begun to appreciate the importance of a two-way communication that occurs between microbes in ...
PolyU researchers compile world’s first “atlas” of airborne microbes that provides an important new perspective for public health research
Bacteria are truly abundant across the Earth’s surface, from the soil to the oceans. The microbial population of the air ...
How do you treat untreatable infections? Do what the microbes do
In a discovery with implications for the drug-resistance crisis, Princeton Engineering researchers have isolated a compound that kills bacteria that ...
Gut microbes can boost the motivation to exercise, Penn Medicine study finds
PHILADELPHIA—Some species of gut-dwelling bacteria activate nerves in the gut to promote the desire to exercise, according to a study ...
New method reveals marine microbes’ outsized role in carbon cycle
A new study led by researchers from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences suggests that a small fraction of marine microorganisms ...
Gut microbes disturbed by COVID-19 infection, especially with antibiotics
In an intensive look at the effects of the virus causing COVID-19 on patients’ microbiome – the collection of microorganisms ...
CHOP-led study shows that antibiotic-resistant microbes in the gut make C. difficile more infectious
Philadelphia, November 16, 2022— Clostridioides difficile, often referred to as C. difficile or C. diff, is a bacterium that causes severe intestinal illness and, ...
Carnivore gut microbes offer insight into health of wild ecosystems
A new study finds the microbial ecosystem in the guts of wild marten (Martes americana) that live in relatively pristine ...
Single-cell raman-based tool developed for efficient mining of live functional microbes from nature
Currently, the best way for scientists to isolate a specific microbe with a particular metabolic function from an environment is ...
Global change may foster short-term evolutionary adaptation in microbes
A new study led by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) in Barcelona suggests that global change is promoting ...
Methane-eating ‘borgs’ have been assimilating earth’s microbes
In Star Trek, the Borg are a ruthless, hive-minded collective that assimilate other beings with the intent of taking over ...
Bringing custom microbes to the business of recycling plastic
Scientists working on a solution for plastic waste have developed a two-step chemical and biological process to break down and ...
Microbes that cause cavities can form superorganisms able to ‘crawl’ and spread on teeth
A cross-kingdom partnership between bacteria and fungi can result in the two joining to form a “superorganism” with unusual strength ...
Small eddies play a big role in feeding ocean microbes
Subtropical gyres are enormous rotating ocean currents that generate sustained circulations in the Earth’s subtropical regions just to the north ...
After wildfires, do microbes exhale potent greenhouse gas?
Laughing gas is no laughing matter — nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas with 300 times the warming potential of ...
Food for our guts: Human microbes feed on plant sugars
A carbohydrate commonly found attached to plant proteins is a food source for the bacteria in our gut, new research ...