In the course of Parkinson's disease (PD), the enteric nervous system (ENS) and parasympathetic
nerves are amongst the structures earliest and most frequently affected by alpha‐…

Background & Aims: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a significant gastrointestinal disorder
with unknown etiology. The symptoms can greatly weaken patients’ quality of life and …

Rapidly declining biodiversity may be a contributing factor to another global megatrend—the
rapidly increasing prevalence of allergies and other chronic inflammatory diseases among …

To unravel the biological function of the widely used probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus rhamnosus
GG, we compared its 3.0-Mbp genome sequence with the similarly sized genome of L. …

Background Composting is an aerobic microbiological process that is facilitated by bacteria
and fungi. Composting is also a method to produce fertilizer or soil conditioner. Tightened …

Background Previous studies have reported that gut microbiota, permeability, short-chain
fatty acids (SCFAs), and inflammation are altered in Parkinson’s disease (PD), but how these …

Background A growing amount of scientific evidence suggests that microbes are involved in
the aetiology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and the gastrointestinal (GI) microbiota of …

Background We spend most of our lives in indoor environments and are exposed to microbes
present in these environments. Hence, knowledge about this exposure is important for …

Cyanobacterial mass occurrences (water blooms) cause ecological, economic and health
problems worldwide. Still, little is known about heterotrophic bacteria associated with …

Toxic and non-toxic cyanobacterial strains from Anabaena, Aphanizomenon, Calothrix,
Cylindrospermum, Nostoc, Microcystis, Planktothrix (Oscillatoria agardhii), Oscillatoria and …