microbes
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The pink comes from microbes thriving in extremely salty water after the area was cut off from fresh water.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
"DAMM gives us a powerful new way to quantify how those microbial partners contribute to human health and energy balance, and also point at the importance of properly feeding our gut microbes."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Resistant starch is a type of carbohydrate that escapes much of the usual digestion in the small intestine, allowing it to reach the colon, where microbes can break it down.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
This gave gut microbes additional substances to break down, increasing their production of short-chain fatty acids.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Inspired by the new idea of germ theory, Wells imagined microbes killing off his Martians.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
