Next, the researchers isolated a strain of Veillonella atypica from the athletes’ poo and fed it to mice. Treadmill tests showed this bacteria-enhanced diet boosted the animals’ performance by ...

(CNN) -- Great athletes not only have heart, they have guts -- special guts. Boston Marathon runners and Olympic athletes have higher than usual amounts of Veillonella bacteria in their digestive ...

The study, published today (June 24) in the journal Nature Medicine, shows that marathon runners and endurance athletes have higher levels of a bacteria called Veillonella in their guts ...