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Category: Microbiology
Stanford researchers examine microbial communities of the mouth
You may not think about it often, but your mouth is a neighborhood of sorts: every surface is alive with microorganisms that are moving, competing, …
New York Times explores our amazing microbes
In case you haven't seen it, The New York Times ran a fascinating article today on the key role microbes play in keeping us healthy. …
Bacterial balance in gut tied to colon cancer risk
It’s a fact that has opened many a press release: The human body is made of more bacterial cells than human ones. (The ratio by …
Your bacterial birthday suit reveals the mode of your birth
We come into this world wearing a coat not of cloth but of one-celled organisms. A new study led by Elizabeth Costello, PhD, now at …
The bacterial trail you leave on keyboards may be uniquely yours
As has been written on Scope before, for every human cell in your body, there are ten bacterial cells living on or in it. Now …
Study links bacteria in gut to size of a "gut"
Right now there's a sizable colony of microbes roaming around in your gut and it may surprise you to learn that many of those microbes …
Genomes of 56 species of microbes mapped
Scientists from the U.S. and Germany have assembled the first pages of a comprehensive encyclopedia of genomes of all the microbes on the planet. The …
Your own unique microbial cachet?
For every human cell in your body, there are ten bacterial cells living on or in it. So it's an open question whether "you" are …