Research on the relationships between the gut microbiota and the neurophysiology and
behavior of animals has grown exponentially in just a few years. Insect behavior may be …

The term 'Micro-organism'refers to any living thing that is too small to be seen with the naked
eye. It covers an astonishing array of life forms that began with the earliest living occupants …

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Biotechniques31, 108–118 (2001)| Reyes et al. Viruses in the faecal microbiota of …

Ecological processes underlying bacterial coexistence in the gut are not well understood.
Here, we disentangled the effect of the host and the diet on the coexistence of four closely …

KUNAL DESAI is an infectious diseases clinician from Ohio, whose research highlights the
relationship between gut microbes and health. He explores how an imbalanced gut …

Human-associated microbial communities vary across individuals: possible contributing
factors include (genetic) relatedness, diet, and age. However, our surroundings, including …

No matter how quietly you listen, nor how closely you stare you'll not hear them, nor see
them with the naked eye. They're too small, too quiet. They are our microbiome, the trillions …

You've heard the phrase “you are what you eat”, but the truth is you are what the bacteria in
your gut eat. For more than a decade, scientists have been studying the role that the bacteria …

The 'microbiome'is a popular topic at the moment for anyone interested in their health and
well being, but what exactly it is? You may have heard about the good bacteria living in your …

I can tell you the exact date that I began to think of myself in the first-person plural—as a
superorganism, that is, rather than a plain old individual human being. It happened on …