The fascinating human gut bacterium Ruminococcus bromii is one of the ten most common bacterial species found in the colon. When R bromii breaks resistant starch down in the colon, it forms molecules ...

Having a sweet tooth isn’t just a human characteristic. It turns out our gut microbes can have a preference for sweets, too – and one of these selfish, sugar-loving bacteria is Ruminococcus gnavus.

A recent study revealed a correlation between bacterial blooms of the gut bacterium Ruminococcus blautia gnavus and flare-ups of disease in women with Lupus Nephritis. A recent study by NYU Grossman ...

Plant polysaccharides of dietary origin are a major energy source for the dense anaerobic microbial communities that inhabit the mammalian large intestine and rumen. Microbial fermentation products, ...

Europeans, get our weekly newsletter with analysis from European scholars Each person has their own distinctive microbiome, which is made up of a few hundred different bacterial species. Your ...