Administering antibiotics cleans the gut of harmful bacteria, allowing beneficial bacteria to flourish. The study found that two helpful bacteria, Parasutterella excrementihominis and Lactobacillus ...

Scientists have developed a new way to help understand what happens in the body when people consume a plant product and the many chemicals it contains. The Journal of Natural Products published the ...

Scientists aboard the Tara Pacific expedition have cataloged thousands of previously unknown microbial species living inside ...

Sweat rarely smells on its own. Body odour develops when bacteria on the skin break down compounds in sweat and release volatile chemicals that evaporate into the air.

Key to the approach is a bacterium called Clostridium sporogenes, which is commonly found in soil and can only grow in ...