The gut microbiome is intimately linked to human health and weight. Differences in the gut microbiome—the bacteria and fungi ...

Gut bacteria evolve rapidly in response to different diets, UCLA evolutionary biologists report in a new study. The ...

You share a lot more than just meals and hobbies with your family and friends: you also give each other gut microbes, meaning your personal flora can serve as a detailed profile of your social life. A ...

Gut bacteria rapidly adapt to processed food additives, revealing how modern diets can reshape microbial evolution worldwide.

Gut microbiome composition may be shaped not only by an individual’s own genes but also by the genes of their friends ...

Researchers have homed in on a single gut microbe that acts to prevent fat gain, even with a high-fat diet. The discovery adds to the booming science of finding ways to enlist the microbes that ...

Species of bacteria in the gut microbiome are evolving differently in industrialized and non-industrialized parts of the world, researchers have found. One adaptation that has become prominent in ...

If gut bacteria are too similar to the protective layer of nerves, they can misdirect the immune system and cause it to ...

AMES, Iowa – Smarter use of the microbes that live in and around crops could pay huge dividends for farmers in the near future, according to an Iowa State University microbiologist. Gwyn Beattie, a ...

Share on Pinterest Scientists have found different bacteria spices in the eye microbiome of people with dry eye disease. ljubaphoto/Getty Images Several areas of the body have a microbiome, including ...