Bacteria come in a variety of shapes including: rods (bacilli), spheres (cocci), squares, star-shapes, coma-shapes and long corkscrew-shapes. Above a single-celled helical or corkscrew-shaped bacterium, called a spirochaete. This resembles the bacteria that live ...
Research has found that certain bacteria are associated with human cancers. Their role, however, is still unclear. Convincing evidence links some species to carcinogenesis while others appear promising in the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of cancers. The complex relationship between bacteria and hum...
(vi) Some grow in chains (e.g. Oscillatoria) and have specialized cells called heterocyst that fix nitrogen. (vii) First bacteria to re-enter devastated areas. (viii) Anabaena that lives on nitrates and phosphates in water can overpopulate and cause “population blooms” or eutrophicati...
Perhaps you weren’t aware, but probiotics hail from the same category of “good” bacteria as what naturally lives in your microbiome. They’re exactly what your body needs to replenish all the beneficial bacteria that’s been damaged or that’s missing − providing the boost your immune ...
E. coli(Escherichia coli), is a type of bacteria that normally lives in your intestines. It’s also found in the gut of some animals. 1800x1200_best_and_worst_foods_for_gut_health_slideshow Most cases of food poisoning and traveler's diarrhea are caused by E. coli bacteria. (Photo cre...
Lesions of the abdomen and pelvis may follow surgery for appendicitis or perforation of the stomach or large intestine. Britannica Quiz A Visit with the Word Doctor: Medical Vocabulary Quiz In rare cases actinomycosis may be disseminated via the bloodstream, in which case lesions appear in most ...
Thegut microbiome—the population of microorganisms that lives in the gastrointestinal tract—helps the body maintain a stable internal environment when it is faced with external changes. This is known ashomeostasis. The gut microbiome supports homeostasis in different ways, such as throughhelping to ...
Byline: ANGELA DOWDENMOST of us have experienced a stomach upset after a dodgy meal, so the prospect of deliberately consuming bacteria doesn't appeal at all.However, that's exactly what we should be doing according to new scientific research.A study just published says that probiotics - ...
In rodents,intestinal bacteriainfluence obesity,intestinal inflammationand certain types of epithelial cancers. (Epithelial cancers affect the coverings of the stomach, liver or colon.) However, little is known about the identity of the bacterial species that promote the growth of, or protect the body...
In fact, the evolution of tumors and of bacterial communities are linked, points out Aktipis, who said some of the bacteria that normally live within us cause stomach cancer and perhaps other cancers. "Targeting the microbiome could open up possibilities for preventing a variety of disease from...