A study from Jiangnan University reveals that a gut microbe, Bacteroides vulgatus, can naturally regulate blood sugar levels ...

Microorganisms—defined as very small living beings, invisible to the naked eye, comprising bacteria, fungi, viruses or others ...

A consortium of researchers with multidisciplinary skills, coordinated by INRAE and including the CNRS, the Université ...

Washing your clothing on high temperature cycles may not completely disinfect it, researchers have found, because washing ...

Having higher numbers of particular gut microbes might put you at a higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), a new ...

A team has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating electricity, using a natural process that pushes electrons into their surroundings instead of breathing on oxygen. The findings could ...

There, a harmless gut microbe called segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB) causes these cells to change into the more ...

Living in a house made of fungi and bacteria may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers are now one step ...

Microbes in the Gowanus sediment have evolved methods of coping with and even subsisting off of the contamination, according ...

Scientists have discovered two new methane-producing archaea in the human gut, revealing surprising links to inflammation and ...

Despite it all, there’s a thriving miniature ecosystem of billions of microbes just atop the sediment. What’s more, ...