The IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, has established a new expert group that will help shape conservation priorities for a previously overlooked but vital group of organisms: microbes ...

Scientists studying thousands of rats discovered that gut bacteria are shaped by both personal genetics and the genetics of ...

These bacteria also produce neurotransmitters like GABA and serotonin that can directly communicate with the neurons of the enteric nervous system. Recognizing the direct relationship between the gut ...

A large study has revealed that dozens of widely used chemicals can damage beneficial gut bacteria. Many of these substances, ...

“Of the 100 isolates (single pure strains of bacteria separated from a mixed pool), 73 per cent were single drug-resistant ...

There is a possible link to IgA nephropathy, an autoimmune kidney disease. The bacterium Paraprevotella may alter the ...