microbes
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"Humans are natural explorers, and with them come their voices, their memories … and their microbes," said Prabal Saxena, a planetary scientist who led the study from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
The researchers therefore set out to determine whether particular species of gut microbes were linked to muscle strength and, if so, to investigate how those bacteria might influence muscle tissue.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
In experiments involving germ-free mice, which lack all microbes, butyrate still created a persistent immune-regulating environment.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Over the longer term, Yu said the findings may expand scientists' understanding of the relationship among diet, metabolites produced by gut microbes and the intestinal lining.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
County officials say they eliminated the springs out of concern that bathers might become gravely ill from virulent microbes thought to flourish in the thermal pools.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
