Research · Digests
Research Digests
Each time a major batch of strain research lands in the corpus, we summarize the story it tells.
September 13, 2026
303 papers
The strain being rebuilt, and the trial that found nothing
Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 is the primary subject of seven papers here, and every one studies an engineered version rather than a probiotic. The best powered human trial reported no effect.
September 2, 2026
825 papers
The strain with the most new research, and the trial that found nothing
Akkermansia muciniphila drew more new papers than any other organism in the catalogue. Its best powered human trial reported no effect on the outcome it was built to measure.
June 19, 2026
217,246 papers
The founding corpus: what the strain literature actually shows
The founding import indexed 217,246 papers across 445 strains. The finding that matters most is how little of that research has ever involved people.