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gut bacteria

Get Your Gut Sequenced
Jef Akst | Sep 8, 2011 | 2 min read
A new non-profit endeavor is calling for people to get their gut bacteria sequenced for the sake of science.
The Promise of Panda Poop
Jef Akst | Aug 30, 2011 | 1 min read
The dung of the bamboo-loving bears contains bacteria that could be the next best thing for biofuels production.
Top 7 in Immunology
Edyta Zielinska | Aug 2, 2011 | 3 min read
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in microbiology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000
Helpful Bacterial Metabolites
Michelle G. Rooks and Wendy S. Garrett | Aug 1, 2011 | 1 min read
While gut microbiota appear to have both positive and negative impacts on our  health, in the guts of healthy, lean individuals, the good outweighs the bad.  
Harmful Bacterial Metabolites
Michelle G. Rooks and Wendy S. Garrett | Aug 1, 2011 | 1 min read
Gut bacteria that feed on healthy food appear to amplify the nutritional benefits of those foods. However, they also appear to amplify the undesirable effects of unhealthy food. 
Sharing the Bounty
Michelle G. Rooks and Wendy S. Garrett | Aug 1, 2011 | 10+ min read
Gut bacteria may be the missing piece that explains the connection between diet and cancer risk.
Probiotic Protection
Richard P. Grant | Jul 1, 2011 | 1 min read
Editor’s choice in microbiology
Your gut online
Bob Grant | May 26, 2011 | 1 min read
Sequences from a US government-funded program to paint a genomic picture of the human gut's complex ecosystem are going public for the first time since the effort started in 2008. Researchers sequenced thousands of samples taken from 300 healthy v
Mining Bacterial Small Molecules
L. Caetano M. Antunes, Julian E. Davies and B. Brett Finlay | Jan 1, 2011 | 10 min read
As much as rainforests or deep-sea vents, the human gut holds rich stores of microbial chemicals that should be mined for their pharmacological potential.
Intestinal Molecular Signaling
L. Caetano M. Antunes, Julian E. Davies and B. Brett Finlay | Jan 1, 2011 | 1 min read
Microbes, both good and bad, can exert direct effects on host cells and vice versa. 
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