Despite being an everyday necessity, nutrition is something of a black box. We know that many plant-based foods are good for ...

The relationship between gut bacteria and colon cancer has become a significant area of research, as scientists seek to ...

Despite being an everyday necessity, nutrition is something of a black box. We know that many plant-based foods are good for us, but we don't always know why.

A study on Singaporean octogenarians found that aging alters gut bacteria, reducing key species like Faecalibacterium prausnitzii while increasing others that may compensate. A new study suggests that ...

In contrast to milk’s apparently beneficial effects, the study found cheese consumption correlated with decreased levels of Bacteroides, another significant bacterial group in the gut microbiome.

Despite being an everyday necessity, nutrition is something of a black box. We know that many plant-based foods are good for us, but we don't always ...

such as in the human gut bacteria Bifidobacterium, which helps digest complex carbohydrates. Recent studies have shown that another gut bacterium, Bacteroides xylanisolvens, has the potential to ...

and anaerobes such as Bacteroides species, anaerobic gram-positive cocci, and Fusobacterium species. The presence of these bacteria is only "normal" if the titer of resident flora is low.

She pulls out a figure of a host clade with dozens of branches to demonstrate the variety of species-specific microbial markers from Bacteroides bacteria, including cat, pig, elk, and human. Her ...

For those following an Adkins-like diet, restricting carbohydrates, bacterial diversity, and SCFA production decrease. Vegetarians tend to have a notable presence of Prevotella copri, while ...