Trace metals are essential micronutrients required for survival across all kingdoms of life.
From bacteria to animals, metals have critical roles as both structural and catalytic cofactors …

Zinc (Zn) is one of the most important essential nutrients of great public health significance. It
is involved in numerous biological functions and it is considered as a multipurpose trace …

The diversity, composition, and function of the bacterial community inhabiting the human
gastrointestinal tract contributes to host health through its role in producing energy or …

The gut microbiota is a changing ecosystem, containing trillions of bacteria, continuously
shaped by many factors, such as dietary habits, seasonality, lifestyle, stress, antibiotics use …

The gut microbiota contributes to diverse aspects of host physiology, ranging from
immunomodulation to drug metabolism. Changes in the gut microbiota composition are …

Enteric pathogens are exposed to a dynamic polymicrobial environment in the
gastrointestinal tract. This microbial community has been shown to be important during …

Understanding how dietary nutrients modulate the gut microbiome is of great interest for the
development of food products and eating patterns for combatting the global burden of non …

The gut microbiome is critical in providing resistance against colonization by exogenous
microorganisms. The mechanisms via which the gut microbiota provide colonization …

Stress, a ubiquitous part of daily human life, has varied biological effects which are
increasingly recognized as including modulation of commensal microorganisms residing in …

The human body cannot store zinc reserves, so a deficiency can arise relatively quickly, eg,
through an improper diet. Severe zinc deficiency is rare, but mild deficiencies are common …