Viruses that attack bacteria may be an important component of our gut microbiota.
Viruses that attack bacteria may be an important component of our gut microbiota.
Professor, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology. Age: 40
Microbial changes in the gut contribute to a patient’s ability to slim down after gastric bypass surgery.
Team member and opponents exchange microbes by slamming into each others’ shoulders during the game.
Carl Woese, the discoverer of the third domain of life, has passed away at age 84.
Alterations in the commensal gut flora of expecting women may be linked to characteristic weight gain and decreases in insulin sensitivity during pregnancy.
March 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the March 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Manipulating the human microbiome has ethical implications.
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