Your toothbrush reflects you, not your toilet
Good news: The bacteria living on your toothbrush reflect your mouth—not your toilet.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 1, 2021
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News tagged with human microbiome project
New tool can help researchers identify enzymes in microbiomes
For researchers studying the possible connections between human health and the trillions of microbes that inhabit our digestive tract, what makes the work so exciting is also what makes it challenging.
Biochemistry
May 16, 2018
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The bacterial community on the International Space Station resembles homes
Microbiologists at the University of California, Davis who analyzed swabs taken by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) and compared them with samples from homes on earth as well as the Human Microbiome Project ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 5, 2017
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Resource availability drives person-to-person variations in microbes living in the body
The collection of microbial species found in the human body varies from person to person, and new research published in PLOS Computational Biology suggests that a significant part of this variation can be explained by variability ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 27, 2017
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Key research priorities for agricultural microbiomes identified
A coordinated effort to understand plant microbiomes could boost plant health and agricultural productivity, according to a new Perspective publishing March 28 in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Posy Busby of Oregon ...
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Mar 28, 2017
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New tool can help researchers identify enzymes—and their abundance—in microbiomes
For researchers studying the possible connections between human health and the trillions of microbes that inhabit our digestive tract, what makes the work so exciting is also what makes it challenging.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 13, 2017
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Scientists develop robust method for analysis of intestinal bacteria
A group of Russian scientists, among them staff at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, have proposed a new method for the comparison of metagenome-coupled DNA sequences from all of the organisms in a sample of ...
Biotechnology
Mar 10, 2016
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Highly organized structures discovered in microbial communities
Bacteria usually live in mixed communities with many different kinds of bacteria present. But it's been largely unknown how these communities are organized, because the technology didn't exist to see how they are structured ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 25, 2016
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New application of classic algorithm uniquely identifies individuals based on their bacterial 'companions'
A new study shows that the microbial communities we carry in and on our bodies—known as the human microbiome—have the potential to uniquely identify individuals, much like a fingerprint.
Cell & Microbiology
May 11, 2015
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Healthy humans make nice homes for viruses
The same viruses that make us sick can take up residence in and on the human body without provoking a sneeze, cough or other troublesome symptom, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 16, 2014
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