Oil spills lead to rapid changes in the composition of the natural bacterial flora; oil-degrading bacteria that are nearly undetectable before release of the oil can become dominant in its presence.

It has also been seen before that people with serious infections have less of these bacteria. But we didn't know whether the less healthy gut flora is due to the acute infection and its treatment ...

or gut flora, of giraffes in Kenya. By sequencing plant and bacterial DNA from faecal samples, they were able to investigate both the bacterial composition of the gut and which plants wild ...

The gut bacteria of giraffes are not primarily determined ... in which researchers have analyzed the link between diet and gut flora in three giraffe species in Kenya. The study also provides ...

A study published July 8 in Nature Microbiology identified gut microbiome could be a more objective mechanism of diagnosis.

The biotic parts of the ecosystem, which include bacteria, flora and fauna, have a complex relationship with the abiotic components - changing one will lead to a change in the other.