How plant-based, Mediterranean, and Western diets affect gut microbiota and disease
Current scientific literature consistently highlights the superiority of plant-based and Mediterranean diets over Western diets in promoting gut health and ...
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Scientists reveal global catalog of microbial small proteins, unlocking microbiome secrets
Study: A catalog of small proteins from the global microbiome. Image Credit: Pakpoom Nunjui / Shutterstock Mapping the hidden world: Discover ...
NSF funds UCSB-led Biofoundry to revolutionize biotechnology with unexplored microbes
This week, the National Science Foundation announced the award of a six-year, $22M grant to UC Santa Barbara under its ...
Genetic mechanism shields bacterial communities from viral threats
Like humans struggling to get through the COVID-19 pandemic, bacterial cells need social distancing to thwart viruses. But in some ...
Early feeding practices key to shaping lifelong oral microbiome
A recent review published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology explores how the oral microbiome develops in infants, focusing on ...
The role of nasal microbiome in Parkinson's disease
Billions of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, and archaea, are present in the human nose, which collectively form the nasal microbiome. ...
Ancestral molecule from bacteria-like cells may offer evolutionary insight on sexual reproduction
A study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, among others, presents the theory that egg-sperm fusion, a crucial feature of sexual ...
