Microbiome research is changing how we see ourselves as humans. The body harbours at least as many microbial cells as human cells, and our microbial gene catalogue has more than a million genes.

coli and Baker's yeast to produce strigolactones. By co-culturing these two hosts, researchers created a microbial cell factory that produces yields of strigolactones over 125 times higher than ...

Among microbial communities ... Siderophores are synthesized inside the cell and then secreted into the environment, where ...