Parabacteroides distasonis is the type strain for the genus Parabacteroides, a group of gram-
negative anaerobic bacteria that commonly colonize the gastrointestinal tract of numerous …

Acquired resistance to metronidazole, a 5-nitroimidazole drug largely used worldwide in the
empirical treatment of infections caused by anaerobes, is worrisome, especially since such …

Objective Antibiotic (AB) usage strongly affects microbial intestinal metabolism and thereby
impacts human health. Understanding this process and the underlying mechanisms remains …

The human intestinal microbiota performs many essential functions for the host.
Antimicrobial agents, such as antibiotics (AB), are also known to disturb microbial …

Abstract Knowledge about the modulation of gut microbiota improves our understanding of
the underlying mechanism by which probiotic treatment benefits the chickens. This study …

It is known that the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) microbiota responds to different antibiotics in
different ways and that while some antibiotics do not induce disturbances of the community …

In this study, shotgun metagenomics was employed to monitor the effect of oxytetracycline,
administered at a therapeutic dose, on the dynamics of the microbiota and resistome in the …

Antibiotic exposure disturbs the develo** infant gut microbiota. The capacity of the gut
microbiota to recover from this disturbance (resilience) depends on the type of antibiotic. In …

Background Antibiotics play an important role in the treatment of infectious diseases.
However, the overuse of antibiotics increases the spread of drug-resistant bacteria and …

Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (AMC) is one of the most frequently prescribed antibiotic
formulations in the Western world. Extensive oral use of this antimicrobial combination …