Host–microbiota interactions are fundamental for the development of the immune system.
Drastic changes in modern environments and lifestyles have led to an imbalance of this …

Bacteriophages (phages) are often described as obligate predators of their bacterial hosts,
and phage predation is one of the leading forces controlling the density and distribution of …

Dietary fibers (DFs) impact the gut microbiome in ways often considered beneficial.
However, it is unknown if precise and predictable manipulations of the gut microbiota, and …

Benign hepatosteatosis, affected by lipid uptake, de novo lipogenesis and fatty acid (FA)
oxidation, progresses to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) on stress and inflammation. A …

Trillions of microbes survive and thrive inside the human body. These tiny creatures are
crucial to the development and maturation of our immune system and to maintain gut …

Consumption of fructose, the sweetest of all naturally occurring carbohydrates, has
increased dramatically in the last 40 years and is today commonly used commercially in soft …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in the microbiome has profound consequences for human
health and disease. The spread of antibiotic resistance genes, virulence, and pathogenicity …

The intestinal microbiota plays important roles in human health. This last decade, the viral
fraction of the intestinal microbiota, composed essentially of phages that infect bacteria …

There is significant interest in altering the course of cardiometabolic disease development
via gut microbiomes. Nevertheless, the highly abundant phage members of the complex gut …

Horizontal gene transfer is an important evolutionary force, facilitating bacterial diversity. It is
thought to be pervasive in host-associated microbiomes, where bacterial densities are high …