Researchers have launched a database highlighting microbes that support human health and ecosystem resilience.

A bacterium living quietly in the intestines of a tiny tree frog has done something cancer researchers spend careers chasing: ...

The gut microbiome is intimately linked to human health and weight. Differences in the gut microbiome—the bacteria and fungi ...

Experts build database of "salutogenic potential" revealing how hidden microbes and natural compounds help keep us healthy.

Compared to other large primates, humans have unusually big brains. Now, scientists have suggested that the large size of our brains may have been influenced by the gut microbiome. The microbes in the ...

Expelling toxic “forever chemicals” from the body may take guts — or at least, their microbes. Some microbes found in the human gut can absorb some per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, ...

Scientists studying thousands of rats discovered that gut bacteria are shaped by both personal genetics and the genetics of ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Public Health Image Library, NIAID, Image ID: 18139) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Public Health Image Library, NIAID, Image ID: 18139) Microbes supporting the production of ...

Scientists trace an ancient microbe, Asgard archaea, that gave rise to humans, animals, and plants more than 2 billion years ...

Scientists are uncovering a surprising way to influence bacteria—not by killing them, but by changing how they communicate.

This microbe can survive doses of radiation that would obliterate any other living thing. Here’s what this means for science ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have discovered that disease-causing microbes can travel thousands of miles on high-level winds, posing a new threat to global public health. Researchers have ...