Nature Microbiology, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02381-9 Higher lipid intake in mice causes damage to goblet cells with depletion of Akkermansia muciniphila and increase in Clostridium scindens abundance, which produces secondary bile acids that activate pathways driving increased intestinal fat absorption.
The human gut harbours a complex ecosystem of trillions of microorganisms (the microbiome), which influences digestion, the immune system and metabolism.
An international research team led by Florence Bansept in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology has shown how microbes ingested through food may help maintain gut microbiome diversity. The study was first-authored by Vitor M. Marquioni and provides a mathematical framewo...
A mysterious, hard-to-grow gut bacterium keeps showing up in healthy people worldwide—and it may be quietly protecting our microbiomes. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have identified a little-known group of gut bacteria that consistently appears in healthy people around the world. The bacteria, known as CAG-170, was found in unusually high levels in people [...]
