Microbiology has been largely developed thanks to the discovery and optimization of culture
media. The first liquid artificial culture medium was created by Louis Pasteur in 1860 …

The gut microbiota has an important role in the maintenance of human health and in disease
pathogenesis. This importance was realized through the advent of omics technologies and …

Metagenomics revolutionized the understanding of the relations among the human
microbiome, health and diseases, but generated a countless number of sequences that …

Metronidazole, a nitroimidazole, remains a front-line choice for treatment of infections
related to inflammatory disorders of the gastrointestinal tract including colitis linked to …

Severe acute malnutrition is the world-leading cause of children under-five's death. Recent
metagenomics studies have established a link between gut microbiota and severe acute …

The last 5 years have seen a turning point in the study of the gut microbiota with a rebirth of
culture-dependent approaches to study the gut microbiota. High-throughput methods have …

The microbiome residing in anaerobic digesters drives the anaerobic digestion (AD) process
to convert various feedstocks to biogas as a renewable source of energy. This microbiome …

The nasopharynx is the primary site of colonization by respiratory pathogen that constitutes
the port of entrance in the respiratory tract. The role of mucosal respiratory microbiota in …

Most microorganisms living in the environment have yet to be cultured, owing at least in part
to their slow and poor propagation properties and susceptibility to oxidative stress. Our …

Human urine was considered sterile for a long time. However, 416 species have been
previously cultured, including only 40 anaerobic species. Here, we used culturomics …