These organisms perform important functions that include digesting unused nutrients, producing vitamins, stimulating normal immune development, countering harmful bacteria and fostering maturation of ...

Biodegradable plastics could help alleviate the plastic waste crisis that is polluting the environment and harming our health ...

A study has again established the effects of microorganisms on human food and healthy living, courtesy of recent research by Dr. Stephen Akinola, a researcher at The Ohio State University, United ...

Pesticide contamination continues to spread into protected areas, as documented by a study in Brazil of epilithic biofilms.

You might also share various microscopic organisms residing on and in you. This community of microorganisms, which consists of mainly bacteria, viruses and fungi, is known collectively as the human ...

Right now, your digestive system is teeming with bacteria, fungi, viruses and even parasites — they’re all part of the gut microbiome, which plays a bigger role in your health than you might imagine.

When we think of bacteria (and other microorganisms) most of us think of them as "germs" that cause diseases. Even medical research until recent years focused on microbes that cause disease and didn't ...

While sharing bacteria with your partner may sound alarming, there’s often no cause for concern. Bacteria teach our bodies ...

Nitrogen nutrition and signaling during root nodule symbiosis impact the community assemblies. Lotus plants grown in the presence of inorganic nitrogen secrete specific metabolites and assemble a ...