Antibiotic-induced gut microbiota dysbiosis has a functional impact on purine metabolism

X Liu, L Ke, K Lei, Q Yu, W Zhang, C Li, Z Tian - BMC microbiology, 2023 - Springer
Background Dysbiosis of the gut microbiota is closely linked to hyperuricemia. However, the
effect of the microbiome on uric acid (UA) metabolism remains unclear. This study aimed to …

Bacterial Metabolism and Transport Genes Are Associated with the Preference of Drosophila melanogaster for Dietary Yeast

TB Call, EK Davis, JD Bean, SG Lemmon… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Many animal traits are influenced by their associated microorganisms (“microbiota”). To
expand our understanding of the relationship between microbial genotype and host …

Orthogonal axes of microbiome variation associated with functionally distinct transcriptomic signatures in the gut of wild Drosophila melanogaster

F Llanwarne, AJ Dobson - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Gut microbiota are fundamental for healthy animal function, but the evidence that host
function can be predicted from microbiota taxonomy remains equivocal, and natural …