Human skin, the barrier between the body and the outside world, is home to diverse microorganisms, some of which can promote immunity or fight invaders. Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, ...

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A genomic study of gut microbes during antibiotic use finds selective sweeps in a DNA gyrase gene that drive resistance.

The human body has several distinct microbiomes—on the skin, in the mouth and in our airways—but the most consequential one for health is probably in the digestive system, commonly called the gut ...

An international team of microbiologists from the Medical University of Graz, the DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganisms ...

The human body is teeming with microbes—trillions of them. The commensal bacteria and fungi that live on and inside us outnumber our own cells 10-to-1, and the viruses that teem inside those cells and ...

The HMP serves as a "road map" for discovering the roles these microorganisms play in human health, nutrition, immunity, and disease in diverse niches of the human body. A major goal of the HMP is the ...

advances in genetic technology have opened a window into the amazingly populous and powerful world of microbial life in and around the human body—the normal community of bacteria, fungi and ...

The new study shows that antibiotic resistance is more easily transmitted between genetically similar bacteria and mainly occurs in wastewater treatment plants and inside the human body.