Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are known as atypical mycobacteria. That means they’re related to tuberculosis, but they don’t cause the same disease. In fact, NTM are generally harmless. That’s a ...
A study on wild northern cardinals shows that stress can change gut microbes and affect bird health in measurable ways.
A high-fat diet can cause the intestinal lining to weaken, allowing live gut bacteria to travel directly to the brain in mice ...
Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors ...
Christian Krohn's reseach receives funding from an Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Centre Grant (IC190100033). COVID-19 showed us how useful monitoring wastewater can be ...
Scientists discover immune genes influence which gut bacteria live in animals by studying a tiny island bird population.