“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different ...

The ability of bacteria to control the biophysical properties of their membrane phospholipids allows them to thrive in a wide range of physical environments. Fatty acid biosynthesis is an energy ...

The life that flourishes down there is also downright alien. A new study has recovered a plethora of never-before-seen microbes from areas of the ocean floor that include the Mariana Trench. Analyzing ...

Early-life gut microbes may protect against diabetes, research in mice suggests Date: March 6, 2025 Source: University of Utah Health Summary: The microbiome shapes development of insulin ...

In another experiment, bacteria thrived when the proteasome functioned normally but the peptides produced within it were destroyed. The effectiveness of the peptides was also demonstrated in mice ...

For fraternal twins who share 50 percent of their genes, this rate drops to around 2 percent. Scientists have long suspected that gut bacteria may influence a person's risk of developing multiple ...

Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which they produce short-chain fatty acids that are crucial to many body functions.

Researchers at Kobe University have discovered that gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also metabolize sugar that the body transfers from the circulation into the ...

After two decades of relatively disappointing research, microbiome researchers are seeing bright spots of hope. By leveraging recent findings, they are expanding therapeutics beyond just the known ...

The goal of the new study was to find out what microbes and chemicals were in each of those modules, how they spread from module to module, where they came from, and how they compare to microbial ...

Gypsum deposits on Mars may be hiding evidence of past microbial life — similar to the first organisms that appeared on Earth four billion years ago. But proving this theory requires the right tools.