The human gastrointestinal tract houses roughly 100 trillion microorganisms (good bacteria). These microorganisms make up ...

Balance must be maintained among the trillions of microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tract. The gut microbiome has to host enough beneficial microbes to help control the levels of potentially ...

The drugs can wreak havoc on your microbiome. Here’s what may be key to restoring it. Credit...Joyce Lee for The New York Times Supported by By Isobel Whitcomb Q: I was recently prescribed antibiotics ...

Healthy human skin is alive with bacteria. In fact, there are more microorganisms living in and on the human body than there are human cells. Most can live on the human skin without harming the host, ...

Dr Almeida, the senior author of the new report, sees huge potential for using the gut microbiome to improve medical diagnostics and treatment. The group of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae, ...

A "good" gut bacteria found in probiotic drinks and tablets leads to a healthier pregnancy, according to new research. The Cambridge University-led study has found the first "clear evidence" that ...

The group of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae, including Klebsiella pneumoniae, Shigella, E.coli and others, is present at low levels as part of a healthy human gut microbiome. But at high levels - ...

A DAZZLING menagerie of microbes live inside the human gut—by some counts a few thousand different species. Most residents of this gut microbiome are not the disease-causing kind. In fact, many do ...

An electron microscope image showing clumps of Streptococcus mutans, strains of which are the dominant cavity-causing bacteria in humans. The bacteria form clumps after producing and secreting a ...

We hear about probiotics a lot, especially in terms of gut health. But they also crop up in conversations on vaginal health. Are these the same types of probiotics? Can we get them from eating yogurt?