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Microbes are part of the food we eat and can influence our own microbiome, but we know very little about the microbes in our foods. Now, researchers have developed a database of the 'food microbiome' ...

Common food bacteria could be rewired to produce more vitamins—and "help to transform nutrition and medicine." This is the discovery of scientists at Rice University who have revealed how a bacterium ...

Type 2 diabetes has long been framed as a story of calories, weight and willpower, but a growing body of research is shifting ...

In an interdisciplinary study, researchers discovered that symbiotic bacteria communicate with legume plants through specific molecules and that this communication influences which bacteria grow near ...

Share on Pinterest New research compares vegan, vegetarian, and omnivore eating patterns in terms of gut bacteria diversity. Toma Evsuvdo/Stocksy It is general knowledge that the gut microbiome plays ...

NATICK, Mass. — Trillions of microbes in complex communities lie deep within our digestive systems. Despite being invisible to the naked eye, we feel and benefit from their influence constantly. This ...

Nitrogen nutrition and signaling during root nodule symbiosis impact the community assemblies. Lotus plants grown in the presence of inorganic nitrogen secrete specific metabolites and assemble a ...