While there are trillions of microbes in the gut microbiota, they are easily affected when exposed to various environmental influences. These are reflected in the behavior of one microbe, ...

Television commercials marketing certain brands of yogurt as being “guaranteed” to help with symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, chronic constipation, and other gastrointestinal maladies have become ...

Washington, D.C.—Alfalfa is more than a protein-rich feed for livestock; it may also be an excellent source of biogas. This mixture of methane and other gases is produced when plants (or any organic ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with the probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus, a beneficial type of microbe, produces changes in the intestinal tract that help reduce abdominal pain related to ...

New AIIMS research reveals a critical immune link between gut bacteria and bone loss in postmenopausal women. Oestrogen ...

Nottingham Trent University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Fermentation, one of the oldest food production and preservation techniques, has seen a huge revival in recent years.

Share on Pinterest Foods such as yogurt and kefir contain Lactobacillus bacteria. Claudia Totir/Getty Images In new research, published in Brain, Behaviour and Immunity, researchers have described the ...