Soil influences human health in a variety of ways, with human health being linked to the
health of the soil. Historically, emphasis has been placed on the negative impacts that soils …

Soil is one of the key elements for supporting life on Earth. It delivers multiple ecosystem
services, which are provided by soil processes and functions performed by soil biodiversity …

Stress is ubiquitous and thus, not surprisingly, many hypotheses and models have been
created to better study the role stress plays in life. Stress spans fields and is found in the …

Inflammatory diseases and stressor-related psychiatric disorders, for which inflammation is a
risk factor, are increasing in modern Western societies. Recent studies suggest that …

Objective Immunotherapy of tuberculosis (TB) to shorten treatment duration represents an
unmet medical need. Orally delivered, tableted TB vaccine (V7) containing heat-killed …

Previous studies demonstrate that Mycobacterium vaccae NCTC 11659 (M. vaccae), a soil-
derived bacterium with anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory properties, is a potentially …

Stress-related somatic and psychiatric disorders are often associated with a decline in
regulatory T cell (Treg) counts and chronic low-grade inflammation. Recent preclinical …

Mycobacterium vaccae is a species of nonpathogenic bacterium that lives naturally in soil.
This study compared the physiological effects at a metabolomic level with autonomic …

Soil microbiomes continue to evolve and shape the human microbiota according to external
anthropogenic and climate change effects. Ancient microbes are being exposed as a result …

The mycobacterial cell wall is composed of large amounts of lipids with varying moieties.
Some mycobacteria species hijack host cells and promote lipid droplet accumulation to build …