Tag Archive for 'Helicobacter'

Rasheed Ahmad & Fatemah Bahman revealed that a sucrose-free low-fat diet notably disrupted gut microbial diversity and composition, leading to a depletion of short-chain fatty acid-producing commensal bacteria -- such as Lactobacillus murinus and Lachnospiraceae -- and an enrichment of pro-inflammatory or stress-adapted species, including Helicobacter ganmani, Odoribacter splanchnicus, and Alistipes spp. Image credit: Lourdes Alvarez.

Eliminating Sucrose from Low-Fat Diet Alters Gut Microbiome, Animal Study Suggests

Jun 15, 2026 by News Staff

In a mouse study conducted by scientists at the Dasman Diabetes Institute in Kuwait, rodents fed a sucrose-free diet developed insulin resistance, gut...

Ancient humans. Image credit: sjs.org / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Early Humans Were Infected by Two Distinct Types of Helicobacter Bacteria, New Study Reveals

Oct 21, 2024 by News Staff

Two ecospecies of Helicobacter pylori — named ‘Hardy’ and ‘Ubiquitous’ — co-existed in the stomachs of modern humans since before they...