A study has again established the effects of microorganisms on human food and healthy living, courtesy of recent research by Dr. Stephen Akinola, a researcher at The Ohio State University, United ...

Compulsive eaters may have a specific type of bacteria in their gut, research has found. These bacteria—known as Proteobacteria—were found in large numbers in the guts of humans and mice with food ...

One of the big mysteries in food allergy is why two people with similar levels of peanut-specific antibodies can react so ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Today, Onyeaka is an industrial microbiologist and a deputy director of the ...

Bile Esculin Agar (BEA) is a smart medium for detecting Enterococcus, a tough gut bacterium that can withstand bile salts. When the bacterium breaks down a substance in the agar (esculin), the ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. As a teenager growing up in Nigeria, Helen Onyeaka was obsessed with microorganisms. The tiny lifeforms, which include bacteria and yeast, can be grown ...

An international team of researchers has identified specific bacteria in the gut that are associated with both mice and humans developing an addiction to food that can lead to obesity. They have also ...