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Gut section with fluorescently labeled bacteria. Credit: Huimin Ye An international team of scientists led by microbiologists Professor Alexander Loy from the University of Vienna…
Courtney Gardner, assistant professor in the Washington State University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is lead author on the paper, which she completed as…
A scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli, which are one of many strains of bacteria found in mammalian guts. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and…
Restoration of intestinal microflora functions reflects the success of FMT. Credit: Satoshi Uematsu, Osaka City University Osaka City University demonstrates success of fecal microbiota transplantation…
Study in mice finds high-fat, high-sugar diet has long-lasting effects on the microbiome. Credit: UCR Effects of unhealthy food followed young mice into adulthood. Eating…
MIT researchers have developed an “organs-on-a-chip” system that replicates interactions between the brain, liver, and colon. Credit: Martin Trapecar, MIT ‘Organs-on-a-chip’ system sheds light on…
Severe cases of COVID-19 often include GI symptoms Chronic diseases associated with severe COVID-19 are also associated with altered gut microbiota A growing body of…
Gut Microbiome May Influence COVID-19 Severity and Immune Response – Also Implicated in “Long COVID”
Imbalances in type and volume of bacteria may also be implicated in “long COVID.” The variety and volume of bacteria in the gut, known as…
C. Jejuni cell bodies (red) and flagella (green). Credit: Eli Cohen / Imperial College London Researchers have solved the mystery of why a species of…
Study investigates potential for the intestinal microbial community to alter drug safety and efficacy. Researchers at Princeton University have developed a systematic approach for evaluating…
Credit: Nathan Johnson/PNNL A molecule commonly produced by gut microbes appears to improve memory in mice. A new study is among the first to trace…
When Sierra Simpson was in college, she was sick for a year with recurring fevers and vomiting. Her doctors couldn’t figure out what she had.…
Mediterranean Diet Promotes Gut Bacteria Linked to ‘Healthy Aging’ in Older People Eating a Mediterranean diet for a year boosts the types of gut bacteria…
A Kenyan fruit bat, Epomophorus wahlbergi. Credit: Holly Lutz At a time when kombucha is commonplace on cafe menus and “probiotic-fortified” has become the newest…
Trent Northen, a Berkeley Lab co-author, analyzes a microbiome sample. Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt/Berkeley Lab Microbiomes play essential roles in the natural processes that keep the…
Colonies of bacteria containing the repressilator circuit develop different patterns of “growth rings” over time depending on what stage the repressilator circuit was in when…
An integrated artificial gut platform developed at Lincoln Laboratory allows researchers to accurately emulate the colon, opening the way to precise testing of the human…
Rod-shaped bacteria commonly found in the gut. A new study sheds light on how diet influence the way antibiotics affect gut bacteria populations. Credit: Belenky…