11 These are the seeding species that lay the foundation for the next groups of microbes to come.

If you read about children's health, you've heard a lot of this before: Microbes, vilified because they cause infectious diseases, can be

The number of nitrogen microbes found in an individual's gut play an important role in determining the type of diet strategy that can yield re

How does a mouse study about the role of gut microbes in weight regulation become a study of “yo-yo dieting?” The answer, unfortunately, is heavy-h

It’s a familiar story to many. We lose a few kilograms but the weight comes back – and then some.

There are more living organisms in one handful of healthy soil than there are humans on Earth.

LONDON Nov 24 - Scientists studying yo-yo dieting in mice say the tendency for people to regain excess weight rapidly after successfully slimming m

For example, one key study inoculated mice with microbes from the guts of lean and obese humans.

Dieters know all too well that losing weight doesn’t mean it’s gone for good.

Each year, around 45 million Americans diet in an attempt to lose weight, though very few maintain long-term weight loss.

If you read about children's health, you've heard a lot of this before: Microbes, vilified because they cause infectious diseases, can be

They learned that silica minerals at El Tatio form in shallow, hydrothermal waters—and that the deposits most closely resembling the Martian ones o

New research provides further evidence of the important role that gut microbes play in health - by revealing they alter host gene expression in a d

A wide range of microorganisms, including fungi and phytopathogenic bacteria, are capable of emitting volatile compounds which boost plant growth a

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Antibiotic resistant bacteria are becoming more common, and researchers have now discovered minute levels of resistant microbes in air samples take

Investigators note that there is a great need to study extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), which are polymers released into the environment b

But little science has been done to explain how our architectural choices are changing the world of microbes that live inside these buildings — and

We’ll be bringing hitchhikers. NASA calls them ‘cooties’. There are ten times more microbes in our bodies than human cells.

Washington, Nov 19 (IBNS): Automated teller machine keypads in New York City hold microbes from human skin, household surfaces, or traces of food,

When you go to get your cash out at the nearest ATM, the last thing on your mind is how many different types of bacteria and microbes are lurking o

"DNA obtained from ATM keypads may therefore provide a record of both human behaviour and environmental sources of microbes", Carlton add

If you’ve ever forgotten about a cheese wedge in the fridge, you may have discovered something mysterious growing on it, a sure sign that it’s no l

Bacteria found on human skin. Microbes from bony fish, mollusks, chicken and baked goods.