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The Microbiome Stress Project: Toward a Global Meta-Analysis of Environmental Stressors and Their Effects on Microbial Communities by Rocca, Jennifer D, Simonin, Marie, Blaszczak, Joanna R, Ernakovich, Jessica G, Gibbons, Sean M, Midani, Firas S, Washburne, Alex D

“…Microbial community structure is highly sensitive to natural (e.g., drought, temperature, fire) and anthropogenic (e.g., heavy metal exposure, land-use change)…”
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Tracking defined microbial communities by multicolor flow cytometry reveals tradeoffs between productivity and diversity by Midani, Firas S, David, Lawrence A

“…Cross feeding between microbes is ubiquitous, but its impact on the diversity and productivity of microbial communities is incompletely understood. A…”
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Antibiotic-induced changes in the microbiota disrupt redox dynamics in the gut by Reese, Aspen T, Cho, Eugenia H, Klitzman, Bruce, Nichols, Scott P, Wisniewski, Natalie A, Villa, Max M, Durand, Heather K, Jiang, Sharon, Midani, Firas S, Nimmagadda, Sai N, O'Connell, Thomas M, Wright, Justin P, Deshusses, Marc A, David, Lawrence A

“…How host and microbial factors combine to structure gut microbial communities remains incompletely understood. Redox potential is an important environmental…”
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AMiGA: Software for Automated Analysis of Microbial Growth Assays by Midani, Firas S, Collins, James, Britton, Robert A

“…The analysis of microbial growth is one of the central methods in the field of microbiology. Microbial growth dynamics can be characterized by meaningful…”
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Impact of a human gut microbe on Vibrio cholerae host colonization through biofilm enhancement by Barrasso, Kelsey, Chac, Denise, Debela, Meti D, Geigel, Catherine, Steenhaut, Anjali, Rivera Seda, Abigail, Dunmire, Chelsea N, Harris, Jason B, Larocque, Regina C, Midani, Firas S, Qadri, Firdausi, Yan, Jing, Weil, Ana A, Ng, Wai-Leung

“…Recent studies indicate that the human intestinal microbiota could impact the outcome of infection by the etiological agent of the diarrheal disease cholera. A…”
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Gut Microbiota From Sjögren syndrome Patients Causes Decreased T Regulatory Cells in the Lymphoid Organs and Desiccation-Induced Corneal Barrier Disruption in Mice by Schaefer, Laura, Trujillo-Vargas, Claudia M, Midani, Firas S, Pflugfelder, Stephen C, Britton, Robert A, de Paiva, Cintia S

“…Sjögren syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder characterized by secretory dysfunction in the eye and mouth; in the eye, this results in tear film…”
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The importance of accurately correcting for the natural abundance of stable isotopes by Midani, Firas S., Wynn, Michelle L., Schnell, Santiago

“…The use of isotopically labeled tracer substrates is an experimental approach for measuring in vivo and in vitro intracellular metabolic dynamics. Stable…”
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Human Gut Microbiota Predicts Susceptibility to Vibrio cholerae Infection by Midani, Firas S, Weil, Ana A, Chowdhury, Fahima, Begum, Yasmin A, Khan, Ashraful I, Debela, Meti D, Durand, Heather K, Reese, Aspen T, Nimmagadda, Sai N, Silverman, Justin D, Ellis, Crystal N, Ryan, Edward T, Calderwood, Stephen B, Harris, Jason B, Qadri, Firdausi, David, Lawrence A, LaRocque, Regina C

“…Cholera is a public health problem worldwide, and the risk factors for infection are only partially understood. We prospectively studied household contacts of…”
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Predicting Vibrio cholerae Infection and Disease Severity Using Metagenomics in a Prospective Cohort Study by Levade, Inès, Saber, Morteza M, Midani, Firas S, Chowdhury, Fahima, Khan, Ashraful I, Begum, Yasmin A, Ryan, Edward T, David, Lawrence A, Calderwood, Stephen B, Harris, Jason B, LaRocque, Regina C, Qadri, Firdausi, Shapiro, B Jesse, Weil, Ana A

“…Abstract Background Susceptibility to Vibrio cholerae infection is affected by blood group, age, and preexisting immunity, but these factors only partially…”
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Systems biology approach to functionally assess the Clostridioides difficile pangenome reveals genetic diversity with discriminatory power by Norsigian, Charles J, Danhof, Heather A, Brand, Colleen K, Midani, Firas S, Broddrick, Jared T, Savidge, Tor C, Britton, Robert A, Palsson, Bernhard O, Spinler, Jennifer K, Monk, Jonathan M

“…Combatting Clostridioides difficile infections, a dominant cause of hospital-associated infections with incidence and resulting deaths increasing worldwide, is…”
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AMiGA: Software for Automated Analysis of Microbial Growth Assays by Midani, Firas S., Collins, James, Britton, Robert A.

“…The analysis of microbial growth is one of the central methods in the field of microbiology. Microbial growth dynamics can be characterized by meaningful…”
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A comparative study of gut microbiomes in captive nocturnal strepsirrhines by Bornbusch, Sally L., Greene, Lydia K., McKenney, Erin A., Volkoff, Savannah J., Midani, Firas S., Joseph, Gail, Gerhard, William A., Iloghalu, Uchenna, Granek, Joshua, Gunsch, Claudia K.

“…Feeding strategy and diet are increasingly recognized for their roles in governing primate gut microbiome (GMB) composition. Whereas feeding strategy reflects…”
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Systems biology analysis of the Clostridioides difficile core-genome contextualizes microenvironmental evolutionary pressures leading to genotypic and phenotypic divergence by Norsigian, Charles J., Danhof, Heather A., Brand, Colleen K., Oezguen, Numan, Midani, Firas S., Palsson, Bernhard O., Savidge, Tor C., Britton, Robert A., Spinler, Jennifer K., Monk, Jonathan M.

“…Hospital acquired Clostridioides ( Clostridium ) difficile infection is exacerbated by the continued evolution of C. difficile strains, a phenomenon studied by…”
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