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Previously Unidentified Microbes Detected in Food 
A new database with more than 2,500 food metagenomes gives scientists a glimpse into the microbial diversity of the human diet.
Previously Unidentified Microbes Detected in Food 
Previously Unidentified Microbes Detected in Food 

A new database with more than 2,500 food metagenomes gives scientists a glimpse into the microbial diversity of the human diet.

A new database with more than 2,500 food metagenomes gives scientists a glimpse into the microbial diversity of the human diet.

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Image of the small intestines and colon within a person with three circular callouts, highlighting different microbes. 
Unlocking the Human Microbiome Mysteries: From Cancer to COVID-19
Laura Tran, PhD | Sep 24, 2024 | 4 min read
The microbiome is a dynamic environment that can give researchers the inside scoop on health and disease.
Two bottles of pumped breast milk alongside a pacifier.
Viral Activation Can Shape Breast Milk Composition
Nathan Ni, PhD | Sep 19, 2024 | 5 min read
A new study employs a multiomic approach to study how cytomegalovirus activation impacts breast milk bioactive factors and the infant microbiota.
Exploring the Gut Microbiome’s Role in Neurodegeneration
Exploring the Gut Microbiome’s Role in Neurodegeneration
The Scientist Staff | 1 min read
In this webinar, Sarkis Mazmanian and Gautam Dantas will discuss how researchers study the roles that endogenous gut microbes play in influencing the body’s response to neural injury and disease.
Graphic of multiple colorful bacterial types making up a microbiota
Searching for New Bacterial Therapeutics Amongst Microbial Neighbors
Niki Spahich, PhD | Jul 26, 2024 | 4 min read
A member of the lung microbiota releases a peptide that hinders the respiratory pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae.
MRI scan of a human head in profile
Gut Microbe Metabolites Lower Levels of Toxic Tau
Kamal Nahas, PhD | Jul 9, 2024 | 5 min read
Researchers simulated interactions between microbial molecules and neural receptors to explore whether gut bacteria might influence brain chemistry.
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Linking Fasting to Health and the Gut Microbiome
The Scientist | 1 min read
Alex Mohr discusses a trial comparing various calorie-restricted diets on the gut microbiome and overall health measures.
Cross-section of soil showing roots within and green plants above.
Getting to the Root of the Plant Microbiota
Niki Spahich, PhD | Jul 8, 2024 | 5 min read
In plants, sugar transport and microbial community composition go hand in hand. 
An animated arcade machine in a grey room.
Borderlands Gamers Fuel the Next Generation of Citizen Science
Hannah Thomasy, PhD | Jul 2, 2024 | 7 min read
Researchers explore how video games can improve scientific understanding of the tree of life.
Conceptual image of multiomics: Biological samples such as fish and apples are surrounded by scientific instruments like flasks, test tubes, and a microscope, with strands of DNA and different chemical molecules
Multiomics Enables Integrated Biological Analysis 
Rebecca Roberts, PhD | 6 min read
Scientists use multiomics to explore the biological continuum from gene to phenotype, identifying complex molecular mechanisms and pathways.
Pieces of cheddar cheese.
How Microbes Craft Cheese Flavors
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Jul 1, 2024 | 2 min read
Bacterial strains compete and cooperate to make cheddar cheese tasty.
Graphic depicting the microbiota consisting of various blue and red bacterial cells
Boosting Bacterial Genomes to Better Explore the Microbiome
Aparna Nathan, PhD | Jun 7, 2024 | 4 min read
Gang Fang’s new metagenomics method helps sequence rare bacteria.
Modeling the Intestines with Mini Guts
Modeling the Intestines with Mini Guts
The Scientist Staff | 1 min read
In this webinar, Arthur Beyder and Melanie Maya Kaelberer will discuss how scientists use intestinal organoids, also known as mini guts, to explore the digestive system in health and disease.
Abstract drawing of microbes.
Exploring Microbial Dark Matter
Kamal Nahas, PhD | Apr 19, 2024 | 4 min read
An open-source search engine helps scientists identify hundreds of microbial metabolites in a matter of seconds. 
Flagellated rod-shaped bacteria live on intestinal tissue.
Clostridia to the Rescue
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Mar 27, 2024 | 3 min read
Some commensal bacteria help shore up intestinal walls in mice, which can prevent food allergies.
Harnessing Metagenomics for Health and Disease Research
Harnessing Metagenomics for Health and Disease Research
The Scientist Staff | 1 min read
Discover how metagenomics approaches provide insights into human diseases.
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Infographic: Engineering Microbiomes with CRISPR
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Mar 15, 2024 | 2 min read
Researchers are using CRISPR for precise genetic manipulation of human-associated microbes as a promising avenue for improving human health.
cartoon gut microbes
Standardizing Gut Microbiome Studies
Aparna Nathan, PhD | Jan 24, 2024 | 2 min read
NIST has spent years developing a human fecal reference material.
A yellow-bellied marmot being held in the arms of a researcher while they collect a cheek swab from the marmot.
Exploring the Link between Sociality and the Marmot Gut Microbiome
Harita Sistu | 4 min read
The marmot social microbiome is unlike that of other mammals, adding a new perspective to wildlife conservation efforts.
Setting Standards for Stool
Aparna Nathan, PhD | Jan 19, 2024 | 10+ min read
Microbiome studies have yielded hundreds of ideas for ways to detect and influence human health, but the field struggles with reproducibility challenges that hamper bringing these goals to fruition. Identical tubes of fecal matter should help.
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