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How plant-derived nutrients can affect the gut and brain
Prebiotics are used to foster the colonisation of beneficial bacteria in the gut. These indigestible dietary fibres are found in plant-derived foods such as onions, leeks, artichokes, wheat, bananas, and in high concentrations in chicory root. They support gut health by promoting the growth and activity of beneficial gut bacteria. Researchers have now investigated whether […]
Irregular sleep patterns associated with harmful gut bacteria
New research has found irregular sleep patterns are associated with harmful bacteria in your gut. The study, published today in The European Journal of Nutrition, by researchers from King’s College London and ZOE, the personalised nutrition company, is the first to find multiple associations between social jet lag — the shift in your internal body […]
Tracing tomatoes’ health benefits to gut microbes: Favorable findings in pigs warrant human studies, researchers say
Two weeks of eating a diet heavy in tomatoes increased the diversity of gut microbes and altered gut bacteria toward a more favorable profile in young pigs, researchers found. After observing these results with a short-term intervention, the research team plans to progress to similar studies in people, looking for health-related links between tomatoes in […]
Rare, Deadly Bacterial Illness Melioidosis Now in US, CDC Warns – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News THURSDAY, July 28, 2022 – A bacteria that causes a rare but serious disease has been discovered in soil and water samples in the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi after two people who live near each other fell ill. In a notice issued Wednesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and […]
Swimming without brains and muscles: Physical mechanisms behind the movement of microswimmers
Bacteria and other unicellular organisms developed sophisticated ways to actively navigate their way, despite being comparably simple structures. To reveal these mechanisms, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) used oil droplets as a model for biological microswimmers. Corinna Maass, group leader at the MPI-DS and Associate Professor at the University […]
Deadly Bacteria in U.S. Soil Not Tied to Lab Leak, Aromatherapy
The melioidosis-causing bacteria recently detected in U.S. soil samples is not likely related to a 2014 “lab leak” in Louisiana, nor to a recent outbreak sparked by an aromatherapy product, experts said. Genetic sequencing indicated the strain of Burkholderia pseudomallei detected in southern Mississippi is from the Western hemisphere, similar to isolates found in the […]
CDC: Bacteria Causing Deadly Disease Found in U.S. Soil for First Time
The CDC has detected Burkholderia pseudomallei — a bacteria that can cause the rare and sometimes deadly melioidosis disease — in environmental samples along the Gulf Coast region. This marks the first time B. pseudomallei has been found on U.S. soil, but it’s likely the bacteria has been present since at least 2020, and modeling […]
Bacteria for blastoff: Using microbes to make supercharged new rocket fuel: Scientists have developed a new class of energy-dense biofuels based on one of nature’s most unique molecules
Biofuel scientists used an oddball molecule made by bacteria to develop a new class of sustainable biofuels powerful enough to launch rockets. The candidate molecules have greater projected energy density than any petroleum product, including the leading aviation and rocket fuels, JetA and RP-1. Converting petroleum into fuels involves crude chemistry first invented by humans […]
Bacteria with recording function capture gut health status
Our gut is home to countless bacteria, which help us to digest food. But what exactly do the microorganisms do inside the body? Which enzymes do they produce, and when? And how do the bacteria metabolise health-promoting foods that help us avoid disease? To obtain answers to such questions, researchers at the Department of Biosystems […]