Sentences with phrase «complex roles microbes»

«While we are only just beginning to understand the complex roles microbes play in human biology, it is clear specific changes in microbial flora are associated with — and sometimes cause or cure — disease in the host,» said Pollard while explaining her research focus.

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But the researchers think the cowlike microbes may have a functional role, digesting the carbohydrates in whales» diets, including a complex starch called chitin that makes up the shells and other body parts of crustaceans.

Researchers are still piecing together the complex role that microbes in and on human bodies play in human immunity, and how those microbes respond to stress.

The detailed mechanisms of how the oceans contribute to this global carbon cycle at the microscopic scale, and which microbes have a leadership role in the breakdown process, are complex and convoluted problems to solve.

However, still lacking is an understanding of how microbes function — how they communicate with each other and their hosts, how they interact in complex communities, and the role that specific microbes play in regulating host physiology and health.

Embriette Hyde, project manager at the American Gut Project, points out that it can be very challenging to isolate the roles of individual microbes within the «complex tangle» of microbiomes.

The consequences of noise aren't limited to microbes — noise may also play an important role in development of more complex organisms, including humans.

These microbes play a vital role in complex behaviors such as anxiety, learning and memory and appetite and satiety.

The term «microbiota - gut - brain axis» is used to describe the complex bidirectional signaling that occurs between the GI tract and the nervous system, and emphasizes the newly recognized role of intestinal microbes in these interactions.