Contamination in low microbial biomass microbiome studies: issues and recommendations

R Eisenhofer, JJ Minich, C Marotz, A Cooper… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
Next-generation sequencing approaches in microbiome research have allowed surveys of
microbial communities, their genomes, and their functions with higher sensitivity than ever …

[HTML][HTML] Fecal microbiota transplantation: Review and update

JW Wang, CH Kuo, FC Kuo, YK Wang, WH Hsu… - Journal of the Formosan …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a method to directly change the recipient's gut
microbiota to normalize the composition and gain a therapeutic benefit. The history of FMT …

[HTML][HTML] Drug-Resistant E. coli Bacteremia Transmitted by Fecal Microbiota Transplant

Z DeFilipp, PP Bloom, M Torres Soto… - … England Journal of …, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an emerging therapy for recurrent or refractory
Clostridioides difficile infection and is being actively investigated for other conditions. We …

The evolution of the use of faecal microbiota transplantation and emerging therapeutic indications

JR Allegretti, BH Mullish, C Kelly, M Fischer - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Developments in high-throughput microbial genomic sequencing and other systems biology
techniques have given novel insight into the potential contribution of the gut microbiota to …

[HTML][HTML] Factors affecting the composition of the gut microbiota, and its modulation

N Hasan, H Yang - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Gut microbiota have important functions in the body, and imbalances in the composition and
diversity of those microbiota can cause several diseases. The host fosters favorable …

A library of human gut bacterial isolates paired with longitudinal multiomics data enables mechanistic microbiome research

M Poyet, M Groussin, SM Gibbons, J Avila-Pacheco… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Our understanding of how the gut microbiome interacts with its human host has been
restrained by limited access to longitudinal datasets to examine stability and dynamics, and …

International consensus conference on stool banking for faecal microbiota transplantation in clinical practice

G Cammarota, G Ianiro, CR Kelly, BH Mullish… - Gut, 2019 - gut.bmj.com
Although faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has a well-established role in the treatment
of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), its widespread dissemination is limited by …

The role of the microbiota in infectious diseases

J Libertucci, VB Young - Nature microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
The human body is colonized by a diverse community of microorganisms collectively
referred to as the microbiota. Here, we describe how the human microbiota influences …

The super-donor phenomenon in fecal microbiota transplantation

BC Wilson, T Vatanen, WS Cutfield… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has become a highly effective bacteriotherapy for
recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. Meanwhile the efficacy of FMT for treating chronic …

The microbiome in threatened species conservation

AG West, DW Waite, P Deines, DG Bourne… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
As global biodiversity continues to reduce at an alarming rate, threatened species are
increasingly being brought under intensive management or into captivity. However, current …