For the new study, the researchers bred zebrafish embryos without gut bacteria. When they hatched, some were immediately inoculated with a microbiome, while others were inoculated a week later.

In the study, "Phollow reveals in situ phage transmission dynamics in the zebrafish gut microbiome at single-virion resolution," published in Nature Microbiology, researchers designed a live ...

Led by Travis Wiles, PhD, assistant professor, the study, “Phollow reveals in situ phage transmission dynamics in the zebrafish gut microbiome at single-virion resolution,” was published in ...

A new study shows that an eight-week wild-food-only diet in a modern adult leads to dramatic, partially lasting changes in the gut microbiome’s composition and function. While no “ancestral” microbes ...

A number of modern diseases could be traced to disturbances in the gut microbiome. Our digestive tract contains some 1.5 kilograms of bacteria. This gut microbiome, long overlooked by doctors ...

The gut microbiome — the ecosystem of tiny organisms inside us all — has emerged as fertile new territory for studying a range of psychiatric conditions and neurological diseases. Research has ...

The brain appears to directly influence the gut microbiome, as brain signals altered the composition of gut microbes in mice in as little as 2 hours. The finding strengthens the notion that ...

For the microbiome to be effective, it requires a symbiotic relationship between the beneficial and not-so-beneficial bacteria that colonize specific areas of the gut.

Here’s how it works. The gut microbiome, a lively community of microbes that resides in the digestive tract, seems to run on a 24-hour clock. That may be really important for our health — but ...

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