Given the key role of butyrate for host health, understanding the ecology of intestinal
butyrate-producing communities is a top priority for gut microbiota research. To this end, we …

Our microbiome should be understood as one of the most complex components of the
human body. The use of β-lactam antibiotics is one of the microbiome covariates that …

To the Editor: The microbiome has emerged as a key aspect of human biology and has been
implicated in many disease etiologies. Shotgun metagenomic sequencing is an approach …

Background & Aims Emerging data on the gut microbiome in autism spectrum disorder
(ASD) suggest that altered host–microbe interactions may contribute to disease symptoms …

High individuality, large complexity and limited understanding of the mechanisms underlying
human intestinal microbiome function remain the major challenges for designing beneficial …

Metagenomic studies of the human gut microbiome have only recently begun to explore the
differences in taxonomic composition between subjects from diverse geographical origins …

The gut microbiome plays an important role in health and disease. Antibiotics are known to
alter gut microbiota, yet their effects on glucose tolerance in lean, normoglycemic mice have …

Cancer arises from the acquisition of multiple genetic and epigenetic changes in host cells
over the span of many years, promoting oncogenic traits and carcinogenesis. Most cancers …

Antibiotic resistance is a global health concern declared by the WHO as one of the largest
threats to modern healthcare. In recent years, metagenomic DNA sequencing has started to …

Aims To describe the abundance of major phyla and some genera in the gut microbiota of
individuals according to dietary habits and examine their associations with inflammatory …