The stomach is not the only one digesting lunch — so are microbes. Every time someone eats, an entire ecosystem inside their gut gets to work, breaking down food, absorbing nutrients and boosting the ...
You’re not the only one digesting your lunch—so are your microbes. Every time you eat, an entire ecosystem inside your gut gets to work, breaking down food, absorbing nutrients, and boosting your ...
Roughly 100 trillion microbes coexist and compete for limited resources in the human gut. To survive, they may have to get creative. Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) and Stanford ...