Researchers at The Ohio State University have published a detailed molecular atlas describing how widespread pesticides affect human gut bacterial species and their metabolism. Exposing representative microbiota to 18 common pesticides at environmental levels, the study delineates selective bacterial growth inhibition or proliferation and pesticide accumulation patterns. These findings, published in Nature Communications, provide novel insights into pesticide-microbiome interactions with potential implications for mitigating adverse health effects via microbiome-targeted interventions.