metabolic

Young coral use metabolic tricks to resist bleaching

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Young coral use metabolic tricks to resist bleaching

Coral larvae cut back their metabolism and enhance nitrogen uptake to withstand bleaching in excessive temperatures, based on a examine revealed November 12 within the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Ariana S. Huffmyer of the College of Washington, US, and colleagues. Excessive ocean temperatures trigger coral bleaching, which ends from the disruption of the connection … Read more

Beneficial gut microbe has surprising metabolic capabilities

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Beneficial gut microbe has surprising metabolic capabilities

To address childhood malnutrition — which affects 200 million children globally — researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis developed a therapeutic food that nourishes the collections of beneficial microbes that reside in the gut, and improves children’s growth and other measures of their health. But to understand just how this food … Read more