See the University of California, San Diego’s Rob Knight give a TED Talk on the emerging importance of our microbial hitchhikers.

Meet some of the people featured in the June 2019 issue of The Scientist.

An experiment delves into how the microbiome shapes immunity.

Molecules produced by resident bacteria and their hosts may signal immune cells to attack the body’s own tissues.

Antigens originating from the microbiome may trigger an autoimmune response.

Kelp in warm, acidified waters develop blistered fronds—and the composition of microbial communities could help explain why, a study suggests.

The second phase of the Human Microbiome Project reports on microbial composition in prediabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, and pregnancy.

Federal agents searched the offices of the personal microbiome testing company in San Francisco on April 26 following allegations of improperly billing health insurers.

Scientists find varied microbiota among the same strain of mice from four vendors—and that variability affects their susceptibility to infection.