Search Results - "BMC microbiology"

Association between body mass index and Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio in an adult Ukrainian population by Koliada, Alexander, Syzenko, Ganna, Moseiko, Vladislav, Budovska, Liudmyla, Puchkov, Kostiantyn, Perederiy, Vyacheslav, Gavalko, Yuriy, Dorofeyev, Andriy, Romanenko, Maryana, Tkach, Sergiy, Sineok, Lyudmila, Lushchak, Oleh, Vaiserman, Alexander

“…Metagenomic studies confirm that obesity is associated with a composition of gut microbiota. There are some controversies, however, about the composition of…”
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Age-related changes in gut microbiota composition from newborn to centenarian: a cross-sectional study by Odamaki, Toshitaka, Kato, Kumiko, Sugahara, Hirosuke, Hashikura, Nanami, Takahashi, Sachiko, Xiao, Jin-Zhong, Abe, Fumiaki, Osawa, Ro

“…It has been reported that the composition of human gut microbiota changes with age; however, few studies have used molecular techniques to investigate the…”
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Full-length 16S rRNA gene amplicon analysis of human gut microbiota using MinION™ nanopore sequencing confers species-level resolution by Matsuo, Yoshiyuki, Komiya, Shinnosuke, Yasumizu, Yoshiaki, Yasuoka, Yuki, Mizushima, Katsura, Takagi, Tomohisa, Kryukov, Kirill, Fukuda, Aisaku, Morimoto, Yoshiharu, Naito, Yuji, Okada, Hidetaka, Bono, Hidemasa, Nakagawa, So, Hirota, Kiichi

“…Species-level genetic characterization of complex bacterial communities has important clinical applications in both diagnosis and treatment. Amplicon…”
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Changes in the gut microbiome and fermentation products concurrent with enhanced longevity in acarbose-treated mice by Smith, Byron J, Miller, Richard A, Ericsson, Aaron C, Harrison, David C, Strong, Randy, Schmidt, Thomas M

“…Treatment with the α-glucosidase inhibitor acarbose increases median lifespan by approximately 20% in male mice and 5% in females. This longevity extension…”
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Soil indigenous microbiome and plant genotypes cooperatively modify soybean rhizosphere microbiome assembly by Liu, Fang, Hewezi, Tarek, Lebeis, Sarah L, Pantalone, Vince, Grewal, Parwinder S, Staton, Margaret E

“…Plants have evolved intimate interactions with soil microbes for a range of beneficial functions including nutrient acquisition, pathogen resistance and stress…”
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Defining the oral microbiome by whole-genome sequencing and resistome analysis: the complexity of the healthy picture by Caselli, Elisabetta, Fabbri, Chiara, D'Accolti, Maria, Soffritti, Irene, Bassi, Cristian, Mazzacane, Sante, Franchi, Maurizio

“…The microbiome of the oral cavity is the second-largest and diverse microbiota after the gut, harboring over 700 species of bacteria and including also fungi,…”
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Indole-3-lactic acid associated with Bifidobacterium-dominated microbiota significantly decreases inflammation in intestinal epithelial cells by Ehrlich, Amy M, Pacheco, Alline R, Henrick, Bethany M, Taft, Diana, Xu, Gege, Huda, M Nazmul, Mishchuk, Darya, Goodson, Michael L, Slupsky, Carolyn, Barile, Daniela, Lebrilla, Carlito B, Stephensen, Charles B, Mills, David A, Raybould, Helen E

“…Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (B. infantis) is a commensal bacterium that colonizes the gastrointestinal tract of breast-fed infants. B. infantis can…”
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Thermotolerance effect of plant growth-promoting Bacillus cereus SA1 on soybean during heat stress by Khan, Muhammad Aaqil, Asaf, Sajjad, Khan, Abdul Latif, Jan, Rahmatullah, Kang, Sang-Mo, Kim, Kyung-Min, Lee, In-Jung

“…Incidences of heat stress due to the changing global climate can negatively affect the growth and yield of temperature-sensitive crops such as soybean variety,…”
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Structure, Genetics and Worldwide Spread of New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase (NDM): a threat to public health by Khan, Asad U, Maryam, Lubna, Zarrilli, Raffaele

“…The emergence of carbapenemase producing bacteria, especially New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1) and its variants, worldwide, has raised amajor public…”
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Isolation, characterization, and assessment of lactic acid bacteria toward their selection as poultry probiotics by Reuben, Rine Christopher, Roy, Pravas Chandra, Sarkar, Shovon Lal, Alam, Rubayet-Ul, Jahid, Iqbal Kabir

“…Probiotics are live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host, are now accepted as suitable alternatives…”
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Change of intestinal microbiota in cerebral ischemic stroke patients by Li, Na, Wang, Xingcui, Sun, Congcong, Wu, Xinwei, Lu, Mei, Si, Youfeng, Ye, Xiang, Wang, Tan, Yu, Xiaolin, Zhao, Xinjing, Wei, Na, Wang, Xingbang

“…Gut microbiota has been suggested to play a role in stroke patients. Nevertheless, little is known about gut microbiota and the clinical indexes in stroke…”
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Aging progression of human gut microbiota by Xu, Congmin, Zhu, Huaiqiu, Qiu, Peng

“…Human gut microbiota are important for human health and have been regarded as a "forgotten organ", whose variation is closely linked with various factors, such…”
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Critical aspects of using bacterial cell viability assays with the fluorophores SYTO9 and propidium iodide by Stiefel, Philipp, Schmidt-Emrich, Sabrina, Maniura-Weber, Katharina, Ren, Qun

“…Viability staining with SYTO9 and propidium iodide (PI) is a frequently used tool in microbiological studies. However, data generated by such routinely used…”
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Saccharomyces boulardii alleviates ulcerative colitis carcinogenesis in mice by reducing TNF-α and IL-6 levels and functions and by rebalancing intestinal microbiota by Wang, Chunsaier, Li, Wenbin, Wang, Hongying, Ma, Yiming, Zhao, Xinhua, Zhang, Xudong, Yang, Hong, Qian, Jiaming, Li, Jingnan

“…To explore the inhibition mechanism of Saccharomyces boulardii (S. boulardii) on ulcerative colitis (UC) carcinogenesis. C57BL/6 mice were treated with…”
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Beneficial bacteria activate nutrients and promote wheat growth under conditions of reduced fertilizer application by Wang, Juanjuan, Li, Ruochen, Zhang, Hui, Wei, Gehong, Li, Zhefei

“…Excessive application of chemical fertilizer has exerted a great threat to soil quality and the environment. The inoculation of plants with…”
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Indole-3-acetic-acid and ACC deaminase producing Leclercia adecarboxylata MO1 improves Solanum lycopersicum L. growth and salinity stress tolerance by endogenous secondary metabolites regulation by Kang, Sang-Mo, Shahzad, Raheem, Bilal, Saqib, Khan, Abdul Latif, Park, Yeon-Gyeong, Lee, Ko-Eun, Asaf, Sajjad, Khan, Muhammad Aaqil, Lee, In-Jung

“…The utilization of plant growth-promoting microbes is an environment friendly strategy to counteract stressful condition and encourage plants tolerance. In…”
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Differences in the gut Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ratio across age groups in healthy Ukrainian population by Vaiserman, Alexander, Romanenko, Mariana, Piven, Liubov, Moseiko, Vladislav, Lushchak, Oleh, Kryzhanovska, Nadiia, Guryanov, Vitaly, Koliada, Alexander

“…Gut microbiota plays an important role in physiological and pathological processes of the host organism, including aging. Microbiota composition was shown to…”
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Rapid bacterial colonization of low-density polyethylene microplastics in coastal sediment microcosms by Harrison, Jesse P, Schratzberger, Michaela, Sapp, Melanie, Osborn, A Mark

“…Synthetic microplastics (≤5-mm fragments) are emerging environmental contaminants that have been found to accumulate within coastal marine sediments worldwide…”
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A comparison of sequencing platforms and bioinformatics pipelines for compositional analysis of the gut microbiome by Allali, Imane, Arnold, Jason W, Roach, Jeffrey, Cadenas, Maria Belen, Butz, Natasha, Hassan, Hosni M, Koci, Matthew, Ballou, Anne, Mendoza, Mary, Ali, Rizwana, Azcarate-Peril, M Andrea

“…Advancements in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies regarding throughput, read length and accuracy had a major impact on microbiome research by…”
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The truth about metagenomics: quantifying and counteracting bias in 16S rRNA studies by Brooks, J Paul, Edwards, David J, Harwich, Jr, Michael D, Rivera, Maria C, Fettweis, Jennifer M, Serrano, Myrna G, Reris, Robert A, Sheth, Nihar U, Huang, Bernice, Girerd, Philippe, Strauss, 3rd, Jerome F, Jefferson, Kimberly K, Buck, Gregory A

“…Characterizing microbial communities via next-generation sequencing is subject to a number of pitfalls involving sample processing. The observed community…”
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