Growing plants in germ-free chambers reveals how their genes curate their microbiomes, report researchers.

New research finds depleted bacteria in the intestines of people with ulcerative colitis. The finding suggests supplements could ease the condition.

Vaping changes the oral microbiome and make users more prone to inflammation and infection.

The bacterial microbiome of your skin's outer layer is likely unique. New research indicates that's not the case in the dermis, however.

Genetic engineered bacteria in the guts of honey bees could pump out medicines to protect the bees against Varroa mites and deformed wing virus.

Why would someone study poop, much less their own? One such researcher explains in this video.

There's a connection between the microbiome in the upper airway and a child's asthma severity, researchers have discovered.

Altering the microbiota may be a way to stave off chronic inflammatory diseases that affect the digestive tract, including IBD and Crohn's disease.

Conventional culture-based lab tests may misdiagnose as many as half of the microbial causes of diarrhea diseases in children

City apartments have more varieties of fungi and more industrial chemicals than do rural and jungle homes, researchers find.