Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an innovative approach to treat diseases that are
associated with gut dysbiosis, by transferring a healthy stool microbiota to a recipient with …

Gut microbiome (GM) composition and function are linked to human health and disease, and
routes for manipulating the GM have become an area of intense research. Due to its high …

Highlights•A diverse collection of bacteria and phages stably coexists within our gut.•Gut
dysbiosis seems to be marked by altered bacterial and phage composition.•Exogenous …

Pharmacotherapy in pediatric patients is challenging in view of the maturation of organ
systems and processes that affect pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Especially for …

The laboratory mouse strain C57BL/6 is widely used as an animal model for various
applications. It is becoming increasingly clear that the bacterial enteric community highly …

Mucosal surfaces in contact with the environment host specific microbiota. The intestinal
tract harbours the most abundant and diverse bacterial and viral populations interacting with …

Background: Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a therapeutic intervention used to
treat diseases associated with the gut microbiome. In the human gut microbiome, phages …

The gut virome consists of a large population of eukaryotic and prokaryotic viruses that have
an emerging role in human health and disease. Growing evidence for the importance of the …

Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. Temperate phages are able to remain
dormant within the bacterial host and may provide beneficial functions to the host. My thesis …