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Beneficial Microbes
Beneficial Microbes: Microbes include fungi, bacteria and viruses. Farmers and ranchers often think of microbes as pests that are destructive to their crops or animals (as well as themselves), but many microbes are beneficial. Soil microbes (bacteria and fungi) are essential for decomposing organic matter and recycling old plant material.
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OCT 29, 2024Microbiology
Balance must be maintained among the trillions of microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tract. Beneficial microbes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2024Microbiology
The link between cancer and bacteria that live in the human body has been known for a very long time. In the 19th centur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2024Microbiology
The microbial community in the human gastrointestinal tract develops with us as we grow, and it is essential to our heal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can oceanic microbes help produce antibiotics? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
Researchers went 'bioprospecting' in marine microbes, looking for those that can perform helpful functions like eating p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2024Earth & The Environment
In the 1950s, Dupont developed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, which were integrated into a huge array of p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2024Microbiology
Scientists are trying to learn more about why people develop allergies to certain foods. Some research has indicated tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2024Microbiology
Asthma is a very common respiratory disorder that can be life-threatening in extreme cases. Scientists have now develope ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Western diets that are high in sugars, fats, and processed foods, have been linked to a wide variety of health ailments. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2024Earth & The Environment
Fashion, and particularly fast fashion, is massively destructive to the planet. Only a few decades ago, people and famil ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2024Microbiology
Kombucha dates back about 2,000 years. It's made from tea, sugar, yeast, and bacteria nad has surged in popularity. But ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2024Microbiology
About one percent of the US population is thought to have celiac disease. People with celiac disease cannot consume glut ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2024Microbiology
It's almost 4 years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and for many who were infected with SARS-CoV-2, the impact ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2023Microbiology
Over one billion people in the world can be classified as obese, putting them at increased risk for a variety of disease ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Vitamin B12 is almost exclusively found in animal products, and this essential vitamin can be difficult for vegetarians ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2023Microbiology
Mycena fungi are more commonly known as bonnet mushrooms, and they survive by consuming dead trees and plants. New resea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2023Microbiology
People have been eating bread for at least 14,000 years, and for most of human history, that bread was made with a sourd ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 13, 2023Microbiology
There is so much we don't know about microbes, even while these organisms are the most numerous on the planet. A rec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 02, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
The human gut microbiome is known to have a significant influence on many aspect of our health. Usually, when people thi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 19, 2023Microbiology
We share our world, and our bodies, with microbes. Researchers have been learning a lot more about how specific species ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have engineered a beneficial microbe that can detect inflammatory boel disease. Inflammatory bowel dis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2023Microbiology
Our skin forms a crucial barrier that protects our bodies from the environment. It helps us maintain our body temperatur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2023Microbiology
The gut microbiome is home to trillions of microorganisms, which have been shown to have a dramatic impact on many aspec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Asp caterpillars are also known as Megalopyge opercularis; one is seen in this image from the University of Queensland, ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2024
Microbiology
Balance must be maintained among the trillions of microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tract. Beneficial microbes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2024
Microbiology
The link between cancer and bacteria that live in the human body has been known for a very long time. In the 19th centur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2024
Microbiology
The microbial community in the human gastrointestinal tract develops with us as we grow, and it is essential to our heal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can oceanic microbes help produce antibiotics? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Researchers went 'bioprospecting' in marine microbes, looking for those that can perform helpful functions like eating p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In the 1950s, Dupont developed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, which were integrated into a huge array of p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2024
Microbiology
Scientists are trying to learn more about why people develop allergies to certain foods. Some research has indicated tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2024
Microbiology
Asthma is a very common respiratory disorder that can be life-threatening in extreme cases. Scientists have now develope
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Western diets that are high in sugars, fats, and processed foods, have been linked to a wide variety of health ailments.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Fashion, and particularly fast fashion, is massively destructive to the planet. Only a few decades ago, people and famil
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2024
Microbiology
Kombucha dates back about 2,000 years. It's made from tea, sugar, yeast, and bacteria nad has surged in popularity. But
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2024
Microbiology
About one percent of the US population is thought to have celiac disease. People with celiac disease cannot consume glut
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2024
Microbiology
It's almost 4 years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and for many who were infected with SARS-CoV-2, the impact
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2023
Microbiology
Over one billion people in the world can be classified as obese, putting them at increased risk for a variety of disease
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Vitamin B12 is almost exclusively found in animal products, and this essential vitamin can be difficult for vegetarians
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2023
Microbiology
Mycena fungi are more commonly known as bonnet mushrooms, and they survive by consuming dead trees and plants. New resea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2023
Microbiology
People have been eating bread for at least 14,000 years, and for most of human history, that bread was made with a sourd
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2023
Microbiology
There is so much we don't know about microbes, even while these organisms are the most numerous on the planet. A rec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 02, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human gut microbiome is known to have a significant influence on many aspect of our health. Usually, when people thi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2023
Microbiology
We share our world, and our bodies, with microbes. Researchers have been learning a lot more about how specific species
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have engineered a beneficial microbe that can detect inflammatory boel disease. Inflammatory bowel dis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2023
Microbiology
Our skin forms a crucial barrier that protects our bodies from the environment. It helps us maintain our body temperatur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2023
Microbiology
The gut microbiome is home to trillions of microorganisms, which have been shown to have a dramatic impact on many aspec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Asp caterpillars are also known as Megalopyge opercularis; one is seen in this image from the University of Queensland,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch