Innovations to culturing the uncultured microbial majority

WH Lewis, G Tahon, P Geesink, DZ Sousa… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite the surge of microbial genome data, experimental testing is important to confirm
inferences about the cell biology, ecological roles and evolution of microorganisms. As the …

Culturing the human microbiota and culturomics

JC Lagier, G Dubourg, M Million, F Cadoret… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
The gut microbiota has an important role in the maintenance of human health and in disease
pathogenesis. This importance was realized through the advent of omics technologies and …

[HTML][HTML] 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 metagenomics in aquaculture: factors influencing gut microbiome and its physiological role in fish

K Yukgehnaish, P Kumar, P Sivachandran… - Reviews in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fish gut microbiome confers various effects to the host fish; this includes overall size,
metabolism, feeding behaviour and immune response in the fish. The emergence of …

The bioavailability, transport, and bioactivity of dietary flavonoids: A review from a historical perspective

G Williamson, CD Kay, A Crozier - Comprehensive Reviews in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Flavonoids are plant‐derived dietary components with a substantial impact on human
health. Research has expanded massively since it began in the 1930s, and the complex …

Shotgun metagenomics, from sampling to analysis

C Quince, AW Walker, JT Simpson, NJ Loman… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Diverse microbial communities of bacteria, archaea, viruses and single-celled eukaryotes
have crucial roles in the environment and in human health. However, microbes are …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Biotechnological basis of microbial consortia for the removal of pesticides from the environment

P Bhatt, K Bhatt, A Sharma, W Zhang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The application of microbial strains as axenic cultures has frequently been employed in a
diverse range of sectors. In the natural environment, microbes exist as multispecies and …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing global ruminant agricultural challenges through understanding the rumen microbiome: past, present, and future

SA Huws, CJ Creevey, LB Oyama, I Mizrahi… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The rumen is a complex ecosystem composed of anaerobic bacteria, protozoa, fungi,
methanogenic archaea and phages. These microbes interact closely to breakdown plant …

[HTML][HTML] Culturing of 'unculturable'human microbiota reveals novel taxa and extensive sporulation

HP Browne, SC Forster, BO Anonye, N Kumar… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Our intestinal microbiota harbours a diverse bacterial community required for our health,
sustenance and wellbeing,. Intestinal colonization begins at birth and climaxes with the …