Every human has a unique collection of bacteria living in their gut, like a fingerprint.
Collectively, these bacteria are called the gut microbiome. The exact number and types of …

The gut microbiota of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) offers several advantages as an
experimental system for addressing how gut communities affect their hosts and for exploring …

A visual exploration of the universe that exists within our own bodies. Within our bodies
hides an entire world of organisms called microbes. They boost our immune systems, digest …

Animals living in social communities typically harbor a characteristic gut microbiota
important for nutrition and pathogen defense. Accordingly, in the gut of the honey bee, Apis …

Honey bee is used to model behavior, brain function, and life history transitions, and the
physiology, genetics evolution, social behaviors have been intensively studied in this model …

A microbiome is a community of microorganisms present in any given environment. They
inhabit nearly all habitats on the planet, from the upper atmosphere to the bottom of the …

We evolved in a bacterial world. The gut microbiome affects our development, our behaviors
and moods, our immune system and overall health, and our ability to break down toxins and …

Your microbiome is super important to your health, and you can control it by changing your
lifestyle, what you eat, how active you are, etc. People writing about the microbiome focus on …

Gut microbiota research is an emerging field that improves our understanding of the
ecological and functional dynamics of gut environments. The honey bee gut microbiota is a …

The ''gut microbiota''is rapidly becoming a common term outside of the halls of science: it has
been headlined in the New York Times, is the subject of several nonfiction books, and is …