In humans, many diseases are associated with alterations in gut microbiota, namely
increases or decreases in the abundance of specific bacterial groups. One example is the …

Increasing experimental evidence suggests that administering live commensal bacterial
species can optimize microbiome composition and lead to reduced disease severity and …

The early-life gut microbiome development has long-term health impacts and can be
influenced by factors such as infant diet. Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), an essential …

A new next-generation probiotic, Christensenella minuta was first discovered in 2012 from
healthy human stool and described under the phylum Firmicutes. C. minuta is a …

A challenging task to understand health and disease-related microbiome signatures is to
move beyond descriptive community-level profiling towards disentangling microbial …

Previous studies suggested that microbial communities can harbour keystone species
whose removal can cause a dramatic shift in microbiome structure and functioning. Yet, an …

Purpose of review This review comprehensively discusses the role of the gut microbiome
and its metabolites in health and disease and sheds light on the importance of a holistic …

There is a growing interest in the characterization of the involvement of toxicant and
pollutant exposures in the development and the progression of several diseases such as …

The human gut is host to almost 3000 microbial species, of which 90% are bacteria. Quorum
sensing (QS) molecules generated by intestinal bacteria are important in establishing …

Protective microbes have a major role in shaping host–pathogen interactions, but their
relative importance in the structure of the host microbiota remains unclear. Here, we used a …