Blautia—a new functional genus with potential probiotic properties?

X Liu, B Mao, J Gu, J Wu, S Cui, G Wang, J Zhao… - Gut …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Blautia is a genus of anaerobic bacteria with probiotic characteristics that occur widely in the
feces and intestines of mammals. Based on phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses, some …

[HTML][HTML] Exploration of the Muribaculaceae Family in the Gut Microbiota: Diversity, Metabolism, and Function

Y Zhu, B Chen, X Zhang, MT Akbar, T Wu, Y Zhang… - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
The gut microbiota are mainly composed of Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes and are crucial for
metabolism and immunity. Muribaculaceae are a family of bacteria within the order …

The person-to-person transmission landscape of the gut and oral microbiomes

M Valles-Colomer, A Blanco-Míguez, P Manghi… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The human microbiome is an integral component of the human body and a co-determinant
of several health conditions,. However, the extent to which interpersonal relations shape the …

TYGS is an automated high-throughput platform for state-of-the-art genome-based taxonomy

JP Meier-Kolthoff, M Göker - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Microbial taxonomy is increasingly influenced by genome-based computational methods.
Yet such analyses can be complex and require expert knowledge. Here we introduce TYGS …

Gut microbiota carcinogen metabolism causes distal tissue tumours

B Roje, B Zhang, E Mastrorilli, A Kovačić, L Sušak… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Exposure to environmental pollutants and human microbiome composition are important
predisposition factors for tumour development,. Similar to drug molecules, pollutants are …

Rational design of a microbial consortium of mucosal sugar utilizers reduces Clostridiodes difficile colonization

FC Pereira, K Wasmund, I Cobankovic… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Many intestinal pathogens, including Clostridioides difficile, use mucus-derived sugars as
crucial nutrients in the gut. Commensals that compete with pathogens for such nutrients are …

Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria

I Nouioui, L Carro, M García-López… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The application of phylogenetic taxonomic procedures led to improvements in the
classification of bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria but even so there remains a …

Sequence and cultivation study of Muribaculaceae reveals novel species, host preference, and functional potential of this yet undescribed family

I Lagkouvardos, TR Lesker, TCA Hitch, EJC Gálvez… - Microbiome, 2019 - Springer
Background Bacteria within family S24-7 (phylum Bacteroidetes) are dominant in the mouse
gut microbiota and detected in the intestine of other animals. Because they had not been …

Cultivation and sequencing of rumen microbiome members from the Hungate1000 Collection

R Seshadri, SC Leahy, GT Attwood, KH Teh… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Productivity of ruminant livestock depends on the rumen microbiota, which ferment
indigestible plant polysaccharides into nutrients used for growth. Understanding the …

Mouse models for human intestinal microbiota research: a critical evaluation

F Hugenholtz, WM de Vos - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2018 - Springer
Since the early days of the intestinal microbiota research, mouse models have been used
frequently to study the interaction of microbes with their host. However, to translate the …