The Cambridge team tested 89 strains of bacteria, many of them commonly found in the human gut. They discovered that at least 38 could absorb significant amounts of PFAS, especially longer-chain types ...

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have the nickname 'forever chemicals' thanks to their persistence in the environment. While a handful of bacteria are known to mop up these ...

It seems that when Bacteroides is exposed to AceCel, more carbohydrates are fermented in the gut and less is available for the liver to store as glycogen. As sugar levels are lowered, the body starts ...

Bacteroides fragilis and other Bacteroides species such as Bacteroides uniformis and Bacteroides vulgatus are known to produce beta-glucuronidase, an enzyme involved in the metabolism of estrogens and ...

Background Emerging evidence highlights the interplay between gut microbiota and host metabolism in ulcerative colitis (UC) pathogenesis. Our prior clinical trial revealed that fecal microbiota ...