Researchers from the Würzburg Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) deployed CRISPR interference for the first time for the functional characterization of the gut mutualist ...

Researchers identified a protein and a group of small ribonucleic acids (sRNAs) in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, which regulate sugar metabolism. These discoveries shed light on how this gut microbe ...

Feeding the gut acetate, paired with the right Bacteroides bacteria, led mice to shed fat without losing muscle. The combo pushed their metabolism into fat-burning mode, similar to fasting or a keto ...

The presence of Bacteroides vulgatus led to colitis in the mouse colon (left). However, protease inhibition protected the walls of the colon and reduced influx of inflammatory cells (right).

We now know that the microbes that live in our intestines – our microbiome – influence our health in many ways. The balance among competing microbial species is believed to be important in ...

The gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis has long presented researchers with a paradox. It has been associated with colorectal cancer, yet it also lives quite happily in most healthy people. A study by ...