During the holiday season, humans may experience stomach churning caused by a change in diet to rich holiday food. Stomach ...

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and cows are a major source of it. A group of scientists is developing a proof of ...

The word mycotoxin is often talked about in the same way that one would talk about bad news — and it can be for dairy farmers ...

Each sample’s microbiota growth potential was calculated to test whether transit time acts as a selective force on gut bacterial growth rates. Conclusions The strength of the associations between ...

Biofilms are an important, but incompletely understood, form of growth and survival for many bacteria. Recent evidence reveals that biofilms are structurally complex, dynamic systems that have ...

Organisms are colonized by microorganism communities and play a pivotal role in host function by influencing physiology and development. In mammals, bacterial community may alter gonadal maturation ...

Bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryota diversity in mountainous areas varies along elevational gradients, but details remain unclear. Here, we use a next-generation sequencing method based on 16S/18S rRNA ...

Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, archaea, fungi and protozoa. This discipline includes fundamental research on the biochemistry, physiology ...