Gut bacteria play a key role in initiating and maintaining the inflammatory process in the gut
tissues of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, by supplying antigens or other …

Microbial ecology as a scientific field is fundamentally driven by technological advance. The
past decade's revolution in DNA sequencing cost and throughput has made it possible for …

INTRODUCTION The global scale-up in demand for animal protein is the most notable
dietary trend of our time. Since 2000, meat production has plateaued in high-income …

Although Escherichia coli is the most widely studied bacterial model organism and often
considered to be the model bacterium per se, its type strain was until now forgotten from …

Microbial communities are complex and dynamic, composed of hundreds of taxa interacting
across multiple spatial scales. Advances in sequencing and imaging technology have led to …

The incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is increasing year by year, gut microbiota
is considered to be closely related to the occurrence and development of T1DM in recent …

Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise
knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …

A faithful phylogeny and an objective taxonomy for prokaryotes should agree with each
other and ultimately follow the genome data. With the number of sequenced genomes …

Among the intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli, enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) are a group
of intracellular pathogens able to enter epithelial cells of colon, multiplicate within them, and …

Ensuring water safety is an ongoing challenge to public health providers. Assessing the
presence of fecal contamination indicators in water is essential to protect public health from …