The giraffe’s gut microbiome is made up of a variety of bacteria and fungi, and is largely determined by the giraffe’s ...

With over half the cells in the human body being bacterial rather than human, and over 99% of the genes in the human body ...

The study revealed that children with earlier bedtimes had greater microbial diversity in their gut flora. Beneficial bacteria like Akkermansia muciniphila were more abundant in the early sleepers.

Oil spills lead to rapid changes in the composition of the natural bacterial flora; oil-degrading bacteria that are nearly undetectable before release of the oil can become dominant in its presence.