Gut Microbes May Be the Key to Unlocking Anxiety
A mouse study suggests the genetic contribution to anxiety is partially mediated by the gut microbiome. The prevalence of anxiety disorders, already the most common…
A mouse study suggests the genetic contribution to anxiety is partially mediated by the gut microbiome. The prevalence of anxiety disorders, already the most common…
From biofuels and other commodity chemicals to methane production, genomic study peers into the mysteries of a goat’s gut. Michelle O’Malley has long been inspired…
Energy-providing bacterial endosymbiont enables its unicellular eukaryotic host to breathe nitrate, demonstrating that unicellular eukaryotes may acquire endosymbionts to complement or replace functions of their…
Cyanobacteria Could Revolutionize the Plastic Industry Microbiologists at the University of Tübingen modify bacteria to produce climate-neutral and rapidly degradable bioplastics. Cyanobacteria produce plastic naturally…
A diverse group of researchers is working to turn new discoveries about the trillions of microbes in the body into treatments for a range of…
HSE University researchers have become the first in the world to discover genetic predisposition to severe COVID-19. The results of the study were published in…
Osaka City University demonstrates success of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) by revealing the coordinated effort of bacteriophages (phages) and their host bacteria in restoring human…
Study shows sending microbes to Earth’s stratosphere, to test their endurance to Martian conditions, can reveal their potential use and threats to space travel. Some…
As the Mars Rover sets out to look for evidence of life on another planet, scientists back on Earth suggest viruses played a key role…
The use of weed killers can increase the prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in soil, a new study from the University of York shows. Herbicides…
Lakes underneath the Antarctic ice sheet could be more hospitable than previously thought, allowing them to host more microbial life. This is the finding of…
New method for growing cyanobacteria under Mars-like conditions. NASA, in collaboration with other leading space agencies, aims to send its first human missions to Mars…
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions have identified a novel strategy that can eliminate bacteria in a specific location before they cause…
Bd’s actin structures likely play roles in causing skin disease threatening amphibians worldwide. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have gained new insight into…
Effects of unhealthy food followed young mice into adulthood. Eating too much fat and sugar as a child can alter your microbiome for life, even…
Hydrocarbons and petroleum are almost synonymous in environmental science. After all, oil reserves account for nearly all the hydrocarbons we encounter. But the few hydrocarbons…
Neanderthals’ gut microbiota already included some beneficial micro-organisms that are also found in our own intestines. An international research group led by the University of…
Researchers from the University of Ottawa have discovered that plants may be able to control the genetics of their intimate root symbionts – the organism…