Twenty important research questions in microbial exposure and social equity

JM Robinson, N Redvers, A Camargo, CA Bosch… - Msystems, 2022‏ - journals.asm.org
Social and political policy, human activities, and environmental change affect the ways in
which microbial communities assemble and interact with people. These factors determine …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal and food microbial sources shape the infant microbiome of a rural Ethiopian population

S Manara, M Selma-Royo, KD Huang, F Asnicar… - Current Biology, 2023‏ - cell.com
The human microbiome seeding starts at birth, when pioneer microbes are acquired mainly
from the mother. Mode of delivery, antibiotic prophylaxis, and feeding method have been …

Chasing ghosts: race, racism, and the future of microbiome research

TJ De Wolfe, MR Arefin, A Benezra… - Msystems, 2021‏ - journals.asm.org
In this article, we argue that a careful examination of human microbiome science's
relationship with race and racism is necessary to foster equitable social and ecological …

A metagenome-assembled genome inventory for children reveals early-life gut bacteriome and virome dynamics

Y Peng, J Zhu, S Wang, Y Liu, X Liu, O DeLeon… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2024‏ - cell.com
Existing microbiota databases are biased toward adult samples, hampering accurate
profiling of the infant gut microbiome. Here, we generated a metagenome-assembled …

Bile Acids, Gut Microbes, and the Neighborhood Food Environment—a Potential Driver of Colorectal Cancer Health Disparities

PG Wolf, DA Byrd, K Cares, H Dai, A Odoms-Young… - …, 2022‏ - journals.asm.org
Bile acids (BAs) facilitate nutrient digestion and absorption and act as signaling molecules in
a number of metabolic and inflammatory pathways. Expansion of the BA pool and increased …

Updated ASM Curriculum Guidelines describe core microbiology content to modernize the framework for microbiology education

N Boury, A Siegesmund, DB Kushner… - … of Microbiology and …, 2024‏ - journals.asm.org
Curricular guidelines promote standardized approaches to coverage of essential knowledge
and skills in undergraduate education. The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) …

Organized violence and organized abandonment beyond the human: The case of brucellosis among Palestinians in Israel

O Tanous, R Eghbariah - Msystems, 2022‏ - journals.asm.org
This article explores how brucellosis became a racialized disease in Israel, where almost all
patients are Palestinians. Informed by legal and historical research, the article demonstrates …

Geographic social vulnerability is associated with the alpha diversity of the human microbiome

N Farmer, KA Maki, JJ Barb, KK Jones, L Yang… - Msystems, 2023‏ - journals.asm.org
The human microbiome ecosystems living within the human body are exposed to
exogenous foreign substances from the various environments that humans live within …

Food desert residence has limited impact on veteran fecal microbiome composition: a US Veteran Microbiome Project study

DP Brostow, M Donovan, M Penzenik, CE Stamper… - Msystems, 2023‏ - journals.asm.org
Social and economic inequities can have a profound impact on human health, particularly
on the development and progression of chronic disease. For military veterans, exposure to …

Reciprocal inclusion of microbiomes and environmental justice contributes solutions to global environmental health challenges

MJ Choudoir, EM Eggleston - Msystems, 2022‏ - journals.asm.org
Generations of colonialism, industrialization, intensive agriculture, and anthropogenic
climate change have radically altered global ecosystems and by extension, their …