Engineers have developed a new way to produce tagatose, a low-calorie sugar, using engineered bacteria and cheap glucose ...

Medically reviewed by Elizabeth Barnes, RDN Key Takeaways Fermented foods support gut health by balancing your GI tract ...

You may have noticed that fermented foods and drinks are a hot health topic—and for good reason. The helpful bacteria they contain may improve digestion, support immunity, and so much more. Fermented ...

Where did the bacteria that turn milk into yogurt come from? Have they evolved since humans started to store milk? If so, what did their forebears do? (continued) A previous reply to this question ...

THE inability of certain bacterial species and genera to ferment various sugars has important taxonomic value. Such strains, it is stated, do not ferment a particular sugar, and bacteriologists assume ...