Gut bacteria play an important role in the digestion of food, immune activation, and
regulation of entero-endocrine signaling pathways, but also communicate with the central …

Probiotics and prebiotics are microbiota-management tools for improving host health. They
target gastrointestinal effects via the gut, although direct application to other sites such as …

Escherichia coli includes clonal groups of both commensal and pathogenic strains, with
some of the latter causing serious infectious diseases. O antigen variation is current …

Abstract Purpose of Review The infant gut microbiota has become a focus of multiple
epidemiologic and cohort studies. This microbiome is derived from the mother (via the …

Most of the short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are produced by Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus,
Lachnospiraceae, Blautia, Coprococcus, Roseburia, Facealibacterium and Oscillospira …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) may be inherited, as recently shown with the identification of
single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs or “snips”) on a 250 kb DNA fragment that encodes …

Background The gut microbiome is important in the development and immunotherapy
efficacy of lung cancer. However, the relationship between the intestinal flora and …

The pathogenesis of gut microbiota in humans can be indicated due to the wide application
of techniques, such as 16S rRNA sequencing. Presently, several studies have found a …

Lactobacillus fermentum UCO-979C, a strain isolated from a human stomach, was
previously characterized by its potential probiotic properties. The UCO-979C strain …

Our digestive tract hosts more than a billion microorganisms comprising non-pathogenic
bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. Understanding and characterizing the human gut …