Given the worldwide epidemic of diet-related chronic diseases, evidence-based dietary
recommendations are fundamentally important for health promotion. Despite the importance …

Abstract Machine learning is increasingly important in microbiology where it is used for tasks
such as predicting antibiotic resistance and associating human microbiome features with …

Studies using 16S rRNA and shotgun metagenomics typically yield different results, usually
attributed to PCR amplification biases. We introduce Greengenes2, a reference tree that …

Human genetic variation affects the gut microbiota through a complex combination of
environmental and host factors. Here we characterize genetic variations associated with …

The gut microbiome has important effects on human health, yet its importance in human
ageing remains unclear. In the present study, we demonstrate that, starting in mid-to-late …

Persistent colonization and outgrowth of potentially pathogenic organisms in the intestine
can result from long-term antibiotic use or inflammatory conditions, and may perpetuate …

Organ transplantation is a life-saving treatment for patients with end-stage disease, but
survival rates after transplantation vary considerably. There is now increasing evidence that …

Human microbiomes are essential to health throughout the lifespan and are increasingly
recognized and studied for their roles in metabolic, immunological and neurological …

OBJECTIVE To examine the previously unknown long-term association between gut
microbiome composition and incident type 2 diabetes in a representative population cohort …

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important heart rhythm disorder in aging populations.
The gut microbiome composition has been previously related to cardiovascular disease risk …