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Researcher Marina Soloviecika holds tubes of a deadly strain of E.coli isolated during an outbreak in Riga, Latvia on June 9, 2011. Many other types of bacteria live safely in or on the human body. The image shows a few testtubes filled with liquid that has a very distinctive purple “lid.” The researcher can be seen blurred out in the background. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

What are Microbiomes and Probiotics?

by Sandra B. Munro, Andy McShea

The first in a series on bacteria in the gut and their potential for improving health and addressing malnutrition

Urbanization

Picture shows weathered, rain-beaten buildings in the small Amazon Jungle community of Puerto Almendras, Peru

Unseen Diversity, From Jungle Hut to City Flat

by Jason Socrates Bardi

Study explores how diversity of chemicals and microbes changes along an “urbanization gradient” across Amazon rainforest