microbiome

Anne Madden sees the beauty and brawn of creepy-crawly microbes and how they may hold the solution to many human problems.

A bacterium found in the wound microbiome can accelerate healing, highlighting the potential for microbiota-based wound therapies.

Donated sourdough starters helped researchers uncover the factors that influence microbial communities in these living cultures.

Gut microbiome disruption in male mice increases disease risk in offspring, indicating that preconception paternal health status can affect the next generation.

Microbes are known to survive in extreme environments, but some hit closer to home—a team showed that microwaves have their own rich microbiome.

Forensic anthropologists, microbiologists, and entomologists study donated cadavers to determine how human bodies decompose.

A new database with more than 2,500 food metagenomes gives scientists a glimpse into the microbial diversity of the human diet.

Examining the advantages of saliva samples for genomics and microbiome researchers as a source of total nucleic acids. 

The microbiome is a dynamic environment that can give researchers the inside scoop on health and disease.

A new study employs a multiomic approach to study how cytomegalovirus activation impacts breast milk bioactive factors and the infant microbiota.

In this webinar, Sarkis Mazmanian and Gautam Dantas will discuss how researchers study the roles that endogenous gut microbes play in influencing the body’s response to neural injury and disease.

Alex Mohr discusses a trial comparing various calorie-restricted diets on the gut microbiome and overall health measures.

Scientists use multiomics to explore the biological continuum from gene to phenotype, identifying complex molecular mechanisms and pathways.

A member of the lung microbiota releases a peptide that hinders the respiratory pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Researchers simulated interactions between microbial molecules and neural receptors to explore whether gut bacteria might influence brain chemistry.

In plants, sugar transport and microbial community composition go hand in hand. 

Researchers explore how video games can improve scientific understanding of the tree of life.

Bacterial strains compete and cooperate to make cheddar cheese tasty.

In this webinar, Arthur Beyder and Melanie Maya Kaelberer will discuss how scientists use intestinal organoids, also known as mini guts, to explore the digestive system in health and disease.