Learn about a new phylum of microbes that lives in deep soil, a layer of the Earth that supports water cycling and nutrient cycling. The Earth beneath our feet teems with life invisible to the naked ...

(Phys.org) —Trillions of bacteria live in and on the human body; a few species can make us sick, but many others keep us healthy by boosting digestion and preventing inflammation. Although there's ...

Researchers discovered that soil microbes in Kansas carry drought “memories” that affect how plants grow and survive. Native plants showed stronger responses to these microbial legacies than crops ...

The microbiome shapes the development of insulin-producing cells in infancy, leading to long-term changes in metabolism and diabetes risk, new research in mice has found. The results could ultimately ...

Microbes on the skin change as a person ages, along with skin function and condition. Those changes track frailty more than ...

Certain types of microbes found in the human gut can absorb toxic “forever chemicals” from their surroundings, a study has found. When scientists introduced the microbes into the guts of mice to ...

Type 2 diabetes may begin leaving clues in the gut long before a diagnosis arrives. In a large Swedish study, people who later developed the disease shared a pattern of bacterial changes years earlier ...