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Study finds dietary fibre promote allergy-related type of inflammation in
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The researchers discovered that dietary inulin fiber change the metabolism of certain gut bacteria, which in turn triggers what scientists call type 2 inflammation in the gut and lungs.
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What causes ecosystems to become unstable?
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Massachusetts [US], October 7 (ANI): It might be difficult to sort through all the variables that affect how complex ecological groups behave. The number of species present in the community and how strongly they interact with one another have been found to be the only two factors that can ac
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How dormant bacteria calculate their return to life: The thinking undead
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
San Diego [US], October 7 (ANI): Some bacteria go into a dormant state where their life functions cease when exposed to hunger and stressful conditions. These cells, known as spores, can resist punishing extremes of heat, pressure, and even the harsh conditions of space by entering a profoun
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Bacteria can remove plastic pollution from lakes: Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 26 (ANI): Some naturally-occurring lake bacteria grow faster and more efficiently on the remains of plastic bags than on natural matter like leaves and twigs. The bacteria break down the carbon compounds in plastic to use as food for their growth. The scientists said th
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Do you know small intestinal microbiome prevents obesity and type 2 diabet
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to a new study each person's gut is home to 500 to 1,000 different bacterial species, which might total 100,000 trillion germs. Researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine used mouse models to examine how diet and feedi
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Study explains how a pathogen causes hospital infections
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 9 (ANI): Our mouth is home to hundreds of different bacterial species; a few of these oral bacteria are known pathogens. In a recent study, scientists have discovered that three closely related species of bacteria belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae, know
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Almost 2,000 bacteria discovered in human gut
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 12 (ANI): Researchers have now identified almost 2,000 bacterial species living the human gut. The team from EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute and the Wellcome Sanger Institute used a range of computational methods to analyse samples from individuals worldwi
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