The vast
majority of these microbes are either innocuous or advantageous.
We also aimed to enrich our understanding of the microbial diversity of extreme environments, knowing that the vast
majority of these microbes and their potential uses and benefits, remain undiscovered,» continued Dr. Yurkov.
Bacteria make up the vast
majority of microbes in the adult body, so this finding suggests that fungi may play an unexpectedly important role both in the early development of microbial communities and in the health of infants.
Not exact matches
Although the vast
majority of research on the gut microbiome has focused on bacteria in the large intestine, a new study — one
of a few to concentrate on
microbes in the upper gastrointestinal tract — shows how the typical calorie - dense western diet can induce expansion
of microbes that promote the digestion and absorption
of high - fat foods.
But by the end
of the experiment — when performance was at its peak — one species, Brevibacillus agri, made up the
majority of the electron - producing
microbes.
«There are some species that are very important, and for the species that are really important, people will do it... but I have a hard time imagining how we would apply it to all the beetles and the
microbes, the vast
majority of biodiversity.
As such, SUSIBA2 had the ability to direct the
majority of carbon to the grains and leaves, and essentially cut off the supply to the roots and soil where certain
microbes consume and convert it to methane.
Thus biologists are gaining insight into the identity and function
of microbes that can not be grown in the laboratory — the vast
majority of Earth's microbiome.
Recent discoveries have revealed that the vast
majority of life on our planet is microbial; however, still lacking is an understanding
of how
microbes function and the role that specific
microbes play in regulating host physiology and health.
Unfortunately, because
of the types
of unhealthy foods the
majority of people are eating, our gut bacteria balance favors the unhealthy
microbes that are promoting inflammation and weight gain.
A healthy intestinal track is
of paramount importance because the
majority of our immune system is in our gut, most notably the beneficial bacteria that live symbiotically within the GI tract and fight off the harmful bacteria.Certain intestinal
microbes create organic acids (lactic and acetic acids) that tend to lower the pH
of the intestinal contents.
Because humans lack a suitable enzyme in the small intestine to digest it, a
majority of lactitol reaches the large intestine, where it then becomes fermentable to gut
microbes (prebiotic) and can pull water into the gut by osmosis, causing a laxative effect.