The trillions of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, known as the gut microbiome, have a major impact on human health and disease. These microbes help us digest food and absorb nutrients; they can ...

A first time survey of free-living protozoa in meat-cutting plants showed high diversity rates of various species including those that could harbor food-borne pathogens say researchers from Belgium. A ...

The undisputed finality of life belies the inherent complexity behind the processes of cellular demise. Metazoan cell death functions in wide-ranging physiological processes and can occur by distinct, ...

A team led by University of Toronto researchers has discovered a new communication pathway between the gut and lung. Their findings highlight how a little-known member of the gut microbiome reshapes ...

The intestinal protozoan faunas of 11 social groups of Cercocebus albigena, 3 groups of Ceropithecus mitis, 3 groups of Cercopithecus ascanius, 2 groups of rain forest and 4 groups of savannah Papio ...

Researchers from the University of Toronto have discovered that mice infected with the common gut parasite Tritrichomonas muris are at an increased risk of developing inflammatory colitis. Their ...

Seemingly innocent microorganisms may have harmful consequences: Ubiquitous waterborne protozoa appear capable of aiding the survival of several types of bacteria responsible for gut-wrenching food ...