The researchers used Merino sheep as an animal model, systematically collecting samples of their hindgut and ruminal microbiota, plasma metabolites, and neurocognitive behavioral phenotype data. Based ...

A recent study reveals that bacteria residing within colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems closely linked to disease ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3. The impact of microbes on host physiology, including brain function, stems from an ancient evolutionary interaction between ...

Disturbances to the gut microbiome contribute to health conditions like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). To better understand how those microbes interact with each other and their environment, ...

The gut microbiome is made up of trillions of microbes that play a vital role in keeping us healthy. A disturbance in the balance of these microbes can contribute to a variety of health conditions, ...

Microbes often display cooperative behaviour in which individual cells put in work and sacrifice resources to collectively benefit the group. But ...

The community of microbes living in your gut is small to the eye but huge for your health. Trillions of bacteria, viruses and fungi help you digest food, train your immune system and keep harmful ...