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Troubleshooting Culture Media Clumping and Vitrification

Researchers usually encounter two problems when working with gelling agents. They are clumping, and...

How to choose a PCR Probe

PCR probes are DNA or RNA sequences labeled with a reporter molecule. The reporter is a molecule tha...

What Gut Microbes Eat

Our guts cannot break down certain types of foods like fibers on its own. Bacteria residing in our c...

The Secret of El Dorado: A living thing called Terra Preta

One very fascinating legend is the legend of “El Dorado.” It was thought to be a brilliant golden ki...

Indoor Plants Can Help Diversify Your Microbiome

Microbes are everywhere. In your body, in your bedsheets, in the air, and even in your food. For a...

Microbiome Influence On Invasive Plants

Invasive plants can literally swallow your garden in a few weeks. How do they do that? That question...

Antibiotics and the Microbiome

Alexander Fleming could not have imagined that his discovery of penicillin in 1928 would create the...

How Microbes Benefit Your Body

We are not alone. Trillions of microbes live in our bodies and are concentrated mainly in our gut. B...

How Diet Affects Your Gut Microbiome

We often hear, "you are what you eat." However, we are feeding a lot more than just ourselves when w...