In an article published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, the authors discussed the involvement of archaea, a lesser-known but important component of the human microbiome, in various ...

The interplay of those two closely related species and the relevance for human health remains to be deciphered. So far, the link of these methane-forming archaea with disease, such as colon cancer ...

Archaea were originally discovered above all in extreme environments such as hot springs or salt lakes, but they are also found in the human body, especially in the gut. Methane-producing archaea ...