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Featured oral presentation at Digestive Disease Week 2025 demonstrates significant modulatory effects of palatable elemental diet on methanogens in managing the gut microbiome beyond just bacteria ...

Two-thirds of global methane release is likely due to natural emission during anaerobic (oxygen-free) activity of single-celled microorganisms called archaea. The protein mechanism has now been ...

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Whale-falls represent localized areas of extreme organic enrichment in an otherwise oligotrophic deep-sea environment. Anaerobic remineralization within these habitats is typically portrayed as ...

Sulfur is a fundamental element of life and all organisms need it to synthesize cellular materials. Autotrophs, such as plants and algae, acquire sulfur by converting sulfate into sulfide, which can ...

Cedars-Sinai research reveals that overgrowth of methane-producing archaea in the gut is linked to severe constipation. The study, published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, suggests that ...

Who says biologists only like to sit in their labs doing research? The theory proves wrong with CSUN’s Larry Baresi, a Northridge resident who enjoys cooking, making wines, riding his bike, hiking, ...

The biodiversity of the Earth never ceases to astonish. One example that has radically changed the face of biology is the discovery of a group of organisms called archaea (pronounced “ar-kee-ah”). It ...

Just call them archaea (ar-kee-uh) - archaebacteria are no more. Archaea were once considered to be quite similar to bacteria, but these prokaryotes are just weird enough to be classified in their own ...