The typical human digestive tract is home to one of the densest communities of microorganisms on the planet. Bacteria dominate researchers’ attention, with the roles of other members of this ecosystem ...
Scientists have discovered the organism with the largest known genome, containing 160 billion base pairs. That makes it more than 50 times bigger than the human genome, and the organism it’s ...
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Discovery of hundreds of human gut phages provides new approach to studying the gut microbiome
Hundreds of new viruses living inside bacteria within our gut have been discovered in an international study led by Professor ...
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Microplastics found to alter gut bacteria tied to cancer, depression in humans
A new study has found that microplastics, the ubiquitous plastic particles smaller than 5mm, can alter the human gut microbiome. The changes raise concern. The researchers noted alterations similar to ...
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