All indole articles
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NewsDisease-causing bacteria can deal with stink as long as they get a meal
Bacteria that cause intestinal infections typically avoid a stinky chemical — one that can kill them at high enough concentrations — inside human intestines, but they may actually swim toward it when a hearty meal is the reward.
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NewsDietary fibers make our gut bacteria behave healthily
Researchers have discovered that dietary fibres play a crucial role in determining the balance between the production of healthy and harmful substances by influencing the behaviour of bacteria in the colon.
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NewsCommon food ingredient can take a wrong turn, thanks to bacteria, leading to arthritis
Researchers have identified the means in which bacteria in the digestive system can break down tryptophan in the diet into an inflammatory chemical that primes the immune system towards arthritis.
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NewsScientists unlock indole in soil bacteria to create prodrugs
Researchers from Bochum and Leipzig have successfully used a soil bacterium to specifically produce prodrugs. The key to this step was a detailed understanding of the metabolisation of indole, a natural compound which first must be activated in microorganisms. To do this, they needed a monooxygenase, the molecular structure of ...