Certain types of microbes found in the human gut can absorb toxic “forever chemicals” from their surroundings, a study has found. When scientists introduced the microbes into the guts of mice to ...

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to study plant microbiomes—communities of microbes living in and around plants—could help improve soil health, boost crop yields, and restore degraded ...

UC San Diego researchers have developed a new method that allows precise modification of any microbiome with prebiotics, ...

Coastal marshes and estuaries often harbor vibrio, a potentially lethal microbe that, in some forms, can infect wounds of people exposed to brackish water. Vibrio also can settle in oysters and sicken ...