In fimo, we trust: Finally a name for the experimental examination of excrement

Friday, January 4, 2019 - 12:21 in Biology & Nature

To study gut bacteria, scientists focus much of their attention on excrement, which is teeming with bacteria that used to live in the gastrointestinal tract; for the sake of scientific accuracy, this experimental poop has needed a name, and now it has one.

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