A new study reveals that close social contacts, such as friends, influence the composition of the microbiota — the community ...

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Within the human digestive tract are trillions ... to better understand the bacteria-virus interactions inside our body," Zhang says. "We wanted to identify the key parameters that impact the ...

and not every body site contained members of all the major groups, or phyla, of bacteria known to colonize the human body. Rather, specific groups of microorganisms colonize distinct anatomical niches ...

When bacteria make biofilms ... coatings that can be used on medical devices and implants that go inside the human body, to make them safe and non-toxic. In his lab, Rotello has been working ...

So that might be one mystery solved, but lint isn't the only thing inside these bizarre ... researchers also discovered other bacteria never before seen on human skin, like marimonas, which ...

The human body is teeming with microbes—trillions of them. The commensal bacteria and fungi that live on and inside us outnumber our own cells 10-to-1, and the viruses that teem inside those cells and ...

Scientists at Stanford are developing a painless, topical vaccine using a common skin bacterium to trigger immunity.

Without proper treatment, tooth infections can spread to other areas of the body, leading to serious ... is a collection of pus and bacteria that forms inside the tooth or gum.

In new research published this week, a team led by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) scientists reveals that symbiotic bacteria often accompany single-celled protists in the ocean’s upper layer. Some ...

Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host ...

And Datta says the work is also important in the context of biofilms, groupings of bacteria that grow an encapsulating polymer matrix of their own. There are biofilms in the human body ...