Fossil findings of insect feeding damage on plants are evidence that insects have been using plants as a food source for more than 400 million years. Researchers led by Roy Kirsch and Yannick Pauchet ...

The study also found that these elephants had a more diverse mix of gut microbes, including bacteria linked to pectin ...

Coffee beans that pass through the digestive tracts of animals get their unique flavors from the activity of gut microbes, report researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo. The guts of Asian ...

The new research, published in Science, describes a family of enzymes found in a microorganism called Phytophthora infestans. The enzymes enable crop pathogens to degrade pectin - a key component of ...

Pectin is a fiber found in fruits and vegetables like apples and citrus. Pectin can help with digestion and lower cholesterol levels. Eating pectin-rich fruits may cause gas, bloating, and abdominal ...

Scientists have identified an unusual enzyme that plays a major role in the infection of plants - and have shown that disabling this enzyme effectively stops plant disease in its tracks. By ...