Advances in next-generation sequencing have enabled the widespread measurement of
microbiome composition across systems and over the course of microbiome assembly …

Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disorder in which gastrointestinal
symptoms may appear prior to motor symptoms. The gut microbiota of patients with …

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 …

Background Disease resistance phenotypes are associated with immune regulatory
functions and immune tolerance and have implications for both the livestock industry and …

Recent studies have demonstrated that there are significant changes in the gut microbiota
(GM) of humans with depression and animal models of depression and chronic stress. In our …

Alterations in the composition of the gut microbiota have profound effects on human health.
Consequently, there is great interest in identifying, characterizing, and understanding factors …

The global prevalence of obesity is rising year by year, which has become a public health
problem worldwide. In recent years, animal studies and clinical studies have shown that …

As one of the promising next-generation probiotics (NGPs), Akkermansia muciniphila, a well-
known mucin-degrading bacterium, has been proven to be closely related to the metabolic …

Ethanol and lactate are considered suitable electron donors (EDs) for chain elongation (CE);
however, their respective shortcomings still limit the substrate conversion ratio and medium …

Ulcerative colitis (UC), affecting millions of patients worldwide, is associated with disorders
of the gut microbiota. Probiotics‐based therapy positively regulating the community structure …