The microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tract-the gut microbiome, can exert a profound influence on the human body, and ...

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New genetic research has identified a direct causal chain connecting the microorganisms in the human digestive tract to the ...

Electroactive microbes have emerged as key players at the interface of biology, chemistry, and engineering due to their ...

Research published recently has shown that what were thought to be the columns of a sunken city found in the sea of the Greek island of Zakynthos were actually made by microbial activity, not ancient ...

What are Commensals of the Oral Cavity? Most of the microorganisms that inhabit the oral cavity live in a symbiotic relationship. Symbiosis means where both the host and guest coexist mutually for the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Today, Onyeaka is an industrial microbiologist and a deputy director of the ...

There are more than 50,000 different types of microorganisms known to scientists -– and they discover more every year. In a basement laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, two robotocists have ...

A pathogen is a living thing that causes disease. Viruses and bacteria can be pathogens, but there are also other types of pathogens. Every single living thing, even bacteria themselves, can get ...