The madness of microbiome: attempting to find consensus “best practice” for 16S microbiome studies

J Pollock, L Glendinning, T Wisedchanwet… - Applied and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The development and continuous improvement of high-throughput sequencing platforms
have stimulated interest in the study of complex microbial communities. Currently, the most …

Paradigms of lung microbiota functions in health and disease, particularly, in asthma

E Mathieu, U Escribano-Vazquez, D Descamps… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Improvements in our knowledge of the gut microbiota have broadened our vision of the
microbes associated with the intestine. These microbes are essential actors and protectors …

Does the human placenta delivered at term have a microbiota? Results of cultivation, quantitative real-time PCR, 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and metagenomics

KR Theis, R Romero, AD Winters, JM Greenberg… - American journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The human placenta has been traditionally viewed as sterile, and microbial
invasion of this organ has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Yet, recent …

Difference of lower airway microbiome in bilateral protected specimen brush between lung cancer patients with unilateral lobar masses and control subjects

HX Liu, LL Tao, J Zhang, YG Zhu… - … journal of cancer, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The functional role of respiratory microbiota has attracted an accumulating attention recently.
However, the role of respiratory microbiome in lung carcinogenesis is mostly unknown. Our …

Assembly of hundreds of novel bacterial genomes from the chicken caecum

L Glendinning, RD Stewart, MJ Pallen, KA Watson… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Chickens are a highly important source of protein for a large proportion of the
human population. The caecal microbiota plays a crucial role in chicken nutrition through the …

Contribution of the mucosal microbiota to bovine respiratory health

M Zeineldin, J Lowe, B Aldridge - Trends in microbiology, 2019 - cell.com
Recognizing the respiratory tract as a dynamic and complex ecosystem has enhanced our
understanding of the pathophysiology of bovine respiratory disease (BRD). There is …

Rabbit microbiota changes throughout the intestinal tract

M Velasco-Galilea, M Piles, M Viñas, O Rafel… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
To gain insight into the importance of carefully selecting the sampling area for intestinal
microbiota studies, cecal and fecal microbial communities of Caldes meat rabbit were …

Characterization of the upper and lower respiratory tract microbiota in Piedmontese calves

I Nicola, F Cerutti, E Grego, I Bertone, P Gianella… - Microbiome, 2017 - Springer
Background The microbiota of the bovine upper respiratory tract has been recently
characterized, but no data for the lower respiratory tract are available. A major health …

Linking microbiota and respiratory disease

M Hauptmann, UE Schaible - FEBS letters, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
An increasing body of evidence indicates the relevance of microbiota for pulmonary health
and disease. Independent investigations recently demonstrated that the lung harbors a …

The airway pathobiome in complex respiratory diseases: a perspective in domestic animals

N Mach, E Baranowski, LX Nouvel… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Respiratory infections in domestic animals are a major issue for veterinary and livestock
industry. Pathogens in the respiratory tract share their habitat with a myriad of commensal …