Sentences with phrase «which microbes»

Subsequently, the cultivated soil microbes were fed a cocktail of root metabolites, and the researchers used mass spectrometry to determine which microbes preferred which metabolites.

Scientists must think about which microbes are «making the methane [and] what does that say about the isotopic signature of the methane in the atmosphere,» McCalley told Eos.

And it depends on which microbes and how many of them, some might be bad (at certain times and places etc.).

Given the evidence of a relationship between BDNF and the gut microbiome, this points to yet another way in which microbes can have an impact in autism.

In addition, as our knowledge of the human microbiome increases (the intestinal microbiota in particular), it is becoming increasingly clear that there are untold connections between the ways in which microbes act upon dietary items pre-consumption, and in turn, the ways in which these fermented dietary items influence our own microbiota.

When you're on a spaceship, how do you know which microbes to bring with you?

The foods we eat, the medicines we take, the toxins we're exposed to, stress levels, and even how we're born all affect which microbes flourish and which ones struggle.

To understand this gut - brain connection further, let's look at some of the main pathways through which microbes in the gut impact the nervous system.

So she hypothesized that social stress might change which microbes would choose to colonize the digestive tract.

Some studies have explored the means by which microbes might control hosts» brain function and social behavior.

While genetic and epigenetic factors play between the host organism and the microbiota — determining which microbes successfully colonize the gut and other organs — the ultimate dictating force of the composition of an organism's microbiome is diet and environment.

«Understanding how the environment in which microbes live leads to new properties could help us to predict how microbes will adapt to the use of antibiotics, antimicrobial hand soaps, disinfectants and other products intended to control their spread.»

A major goal of microbiome research is to move microbiome research from correlation to causation and to discover the mechanisms by which microbes influence health and disease.

If I knew which microbes were involved, I could target them and analyze which genes created or used that lipid.

The bad news is that much of this information is still mysterious because we don't know the complete genomes of most of the microbes in there, but the good news is that you can get an insight into the gene functions, not just which microbes are there.

In addition, he notes, evaluating the fine structure of calcium carbonate mineralization deposited in hydrothermal systems during different periods of Earth's evolution may offer insights into which microbes lived at which times.

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.

«Different nutrients [in the mother's diet] are a huge determinant of which microbes take up residence in the placenta,» says Kjersti Aagaard of Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, who led the study.

Mars's atmosphere is unusually rich in carbon monoxide, which microbes on Earth can convert to carbon dioxide to yield energy.

«This supports the idea of a developmental window in which microbes participate.

He suggests that biologists should try to track which microbes arrive on a fruit or a dead animal over time.

-- Use bio-digesters — vessels in which microbes break down manure into gas — to cut methane from livestock globally.

Such reactions at hydrothermal vents and in other extreme environments on Earth produce high abundances of hydrogen, which some microbes use for food.

«The data allow students to see which microbes are associated with certain body types or lifestyles and what percentage of those microbes they have,» Weber said.

Mihai Leonte, a PhD candidate in Kessler's research group, observed this process — in which microbes aggressively biodegrade methane as methane emissions increase — in a paper published last year.

It appears to have acquired several genes that make it more pathogenic, however, probably in a process called horizontal gene transfer, by which microbes exchange bits of genetic information.

Anaerobic microsites in soil are microscopic habitats lacking oxygen in which microbes are limited in their ability to metabolize soil organic matter into climate - active CO2 that is released to the atmosphere.

He notes that he currently is studying which microbes work in the root zone of the plant to transform PCBs by a process called reductive dechlorination.

«By knowing which microbes take over a dead body and how long it takes, forensic scientists might be able to use this technique to determine time of death or other aspects of a crime scene.»

«Knowing which microbes live in various ecological niches in healthy people allows us to better investigate what goes awry in diseases thought to have a microbial link, like Crohn's disease and obesity,» says George Weinstock, associate director of the Genome Institute at Washington University in St Louis and one of the Human Microbiome Project's principal investigators.

«The difficult part is determining which microbes produce a new molecule with a new activity.

Our taste for alcohol results from an evolutionary tussle between humans and yeast — one in which the microbes have often had the upper hand

They would be created through the process of lateral gene transfer, in which microbes incorporate loose bits of genetic material from other microbes into their own.

«It really opens up a lot of questions about how long this window lasts and which microbes are involved.»

Despite years of study, the means by which these microbes cause such severe disease remain mysterious.

Next up in the meeting, Kembel wonders if the presence of humans in a room affects which microbes flourish and which die out.

The goals of the study, published April 11, 2018 in the journal Cell Host and Microbe, were to find out if microbes were required for digestion and absorption of fats, to begin to learn which microbes were involved, and to assess the role of diet - induced microbes on the digestion and uptake of fats.

The scientists incubated soil from a peatland and a forest in Minnesota at different temperatures and measured the efficiency with which microbes grew.

With foresight, it is clear that killing the host on which the microbe relies for life is not in it's best interest, however, there are plenty of species that do just that.

Not exact matches

There are tons of foods that are packed with antioxidants — natural compounds that help prevent or stop cell damage and help fend off viruses and microbes — as well as foods filled with vitamins and minerals, which are considered to fight an array of common illnesses like the flu, a cold, or even sinus infections.

Stemming from that collaboration, the Big Ass team began taking a closer look at UV lights, which were used in Butaro Hospital to destroy or inactivate microbes.

In the case of microbes which feed on humans, a society with limited potential for intensity of experience may achieve a measure of endurance by destroying societies of occasions which form the necessary environment for dominant human occasions of greater potential intensity of experience.

An exception here might be some microbes which, when stressed, engage an error - prone genetic replication pathway which in turn provides more genetic variability and thereby, more opportunity for adaptability).

«Corked» is more of a blanket term for any spoilage caused by the natural cork, and various foul compounds which can be associated with various contaminating microbes.

Bananas are also quite rich in fibre and resistant starch, which are loved by your gut microbes, keeping all those friendly bacteria happy, healthy and fed.

To make this recipe gut friendly, I've popped in my special dinosaur powder, AKA Love Your Gut powder which gently cleanses and sweeps away plaque built up in your gut over time, resulting in reduced bloating and the perfect environment for healthy microbes to flourish.

Capable of developing at any time during the winemaking process, spoilage microbes are opportunistic organisms which are difficult to control and eliminate.

When the microbes have done their work at the bio-refinery, Perfect Day's dairy proteins - which have the same organoleptic properties as their animal - based counterparts - are harvested via a mechanical process and can be used in everything from ice cream to fluid milk, protein powders and shakes, yogurt, pizza and any other product containing dairy proteins, said Pandya.

It is part of the Cucurbita moschata species, which includes pumpkin and squash that have developed the cucurmosin to protect the species from pathogenic microbes and fungi.

Craig Venter (which helped to sequence the human genome) announced that it had created the first - ever synthetic, self - reproducing microbe with synthetic biology.