81-99% of microbes mapped Roughly 23,000 human genomes have been identified. By contrast, Proctor said there are eight million different kinds of unique microbial genes associated with the human body.

The first results of an international effort to catalogue the millions of non-human genes inside people found about 170 different bacteria species thriving in the average person's digestive tract.

The fungi within our bodies may have a much greater effect on our health than we've long given them credit for.

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified gut bacteria strains capable of removing harmful PFAS "forever chemicals" from the body. The research, published in Nature Microbiology, ...

(Web Desk) - Coffee perks you up – but it could also be energizing bacteria, making them more resistant to antibiotics. This is the unexpected finding from a team of researchers led by Professor Ana ...

Experiments in mice show that some gut bacteria can absorb toxic PFAS chemicals, allowing animals to expel them through feces.

What they bring back may help us get to the bottom of public health problems on Earth, like antibiotic resistance and ...

After five years of work, the Human Microbiome Project — a 200-scientist, $150-million collaboration — published its results in mid-June in the journal Nature, as well as the Public Library of ...

A family of healthy bacteria may help 'soak up' toxic forever chemicals in the body, warding off their cancerous effects, according to a study from researchers at the University of Cambridge.