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Microbiome

This section welcomes studies on fundamental and clinical aspects of microbiome research including but not limited to gut and tissue microbiomes, human, animal, plant, and environmental microbiomes. It also welcomes studies on host-microbiome interactions and the impact of microbiome on disease occurrence, prognosis and treatment. This section also aims to be the home for new methodological advances in the study of microbiomes.

  2. Immunosuppression during liver transplantation (LT) enables the prevention and treatment of organ rejection but poses a risk for severe infectious diseases. Immune modulation and antimicrobials affect the plas...

    Authors: Toshihiko Okumura, Kazuhiro Horiba, Hideya Kamei, Suguru Takeuchi, Takako Suzuki, Yuka Torii, Jun-ichi Kawada, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Yasuhiro Ogura, Tomoo Ogi and Yoshinori Ito

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:104

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  4. Composition and maintenance of the microbiome is vital to gut homeostasis. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the impact of high doses of radiation, which can occur as a result of cancer radiation t...

    Authors: Raj Kalkeri, Kevin Walters, William Van Der Pol, Braden C. McFarland, Nathan Fisher, Fusataka Koide, Casey D. Morrow and Vijay K. Singh

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:93

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  5. High-risk human papilloma virus (hrHPV) is the main causal factor of cervical precancer and cancer when persistent infection is left untreated. Previous studies have confirmed the vaginal microbiota is associa...

    Authors: Zhan Zhang, Ting Li, Dai Zhang, Xiaonan Zong, Huihui Bai, Hui Bi and Zhaohui Liu

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:90

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  6. The microbiota of the lower respiratory tract in patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) has not been fully evaluated. We explored the role of the lung microbiota in NTM-PD by an...

    Authors: Sung-Yoon Kang, Hyojung Kim, Sungwon Jung, Sang Min Lee and Sang Pyo Lee

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:84

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  8. A diverse community of microbes naturally exists on the phylloplane, the surface of leaves. It is one of the most prevalent microbial habitats on earth and bacteria are the most abundant members, living in com...

    Authors: Vincent Stevens, Sofie Thijs and Jaco Vangronsveld

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:66

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  9. To date, information on healthy female urinary microbiota is available mostly at genus level and at one time point. However, profound species-level characterization of healthy urinary microbiome and its stabil...

    Authors: Magdalena Ksiezarek, Svetlana Ugarcina-Perovic, Joana Rocha, Filipa Grosso and Luísa Peixe

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:64

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  10. Stool metabolites provide essential insights into the function of the gut microbiome. The current gold standard for storage of stool samples for metabolomics is flash-freezing at − 80 °C which can be inconveni...

    Authors: Sivapriya Ramamoorthy, Shira Levy, Masouma Mohamed, Alaa Abdelghani, Anne M. Evans, Luke A. D. Miller, Lopa Mehta, Sean Moore, Elizaveta Freinkman and Suchitra K. Hourigan

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:59

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  11. Medical film dressings have been used to obtain skin microbiota for skin microbiome studies, although their adhesive force may be so strong that the skin could be injured when applied to those who have fragile...

    Authors: Kazuhiro Ogai, Kana Shibata, Natsuki Takahashi, Kohei Ogura, Shigefumi Okamoto and Junko Sugama

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:54

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  12. Gut microbiota is critical in maintaining human health, of which diversity and abundance are subject to significantly reduce in seniors. Gut microbiota is reported to be stable across the long adulthood in gen...

    Authors: Junkui Chen, Xionge Pi, Wei Liu, Qunfang Ding, Xin Wang, Weiguo Jia and Liying Zhu

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:47

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  13. The microbiota plays an important role in host health. Although rubidium (Rb) has been used to study its effects on depression and cancers, the interaction between microbial commensals and Rb is still unexplor...

    Authors: Qian Chen, Zhiguo He, Yuting Zhuo, Shuzhen Li, Wenjing Yang, Liang Hu and Hui Zhong

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:46

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  14. The proliferation and survival of microbial organisms including intestinal microbes are determined by their surrounding environments. Contrary to popular myth, the nutritional and chemical compositions, water ...

    Authors: Enkhchimeg Lkhagva, Hea-Jong Chung, Jinny Hong, Wai Hong Wilson Tang, Sang-Il Lee, Seong-Tshool Hong and Seungkoo Lee

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:44

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  15. Studies of the gut microbiome are becoming increasingly important. Such studies require stool collections that can be processed or frozen in a timely manner so as not to alter the microbial content. Due to the...

    Authors: Meghan I. Short, Robert Hudson, Benjamin D. Besasie, Kelly R. Reveles, Dimpy P. Shah, Susannah Nicholson, Teresa L. Johnson-Pais, Korri Weldon, Zhao Lai, Robin J. Leach, Bernard Fongang and Michael A. Liss

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:26

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  16. The porcine respiratory tract harbours multiple microorganisms, and the interactions between these organisms could be associated with animal health status. Pasteurella multocida is a culturable facultative anaero...

    Authors: Nonzee Hanchanachai, Pramote Chumnanpuen and Teerasak E-kobon

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:19

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  17. The gut microbiome is essential for the host’s health and serves as an essential reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). We investigated the effects of different factors, including the dietary shifts ...

    Authors: Ghulam Raza Mustafa, Caiwu Li, Siyue Zhao, Lei Jin, Xueping He, Muhammad Zubair Shabbir, Yongguo He, Ti Li, Wenwen Deng, Lin Xu, Yaowu Xiong, Guiquan Zhang, Hemin Zhang, Yan Huang and Likou Zou

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:15

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  18. Although gut microbiota dysbiosis has been reported in HIV infected individuals recently, the relationship between the gut microbiota and immune activation in patients with different immune responses to highly...

    Authors: Yirui Xie, Jia Sun, Li Wei, Haiyin Jiang, Caiqin Hu, Jiezuan Yang, Ying Huang, Bing Ruan and Biao Zhu

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:11

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  20. Working in an underground tunnel environment is unavoidable in professions such as miners and tunnel workers, and there is a concern about the health of these workers. Few studies have addressed alterations in...

    Authors: Zhen-Hua Lu, Yi-Wen Liu, Zhao-Hua Ji, Ting Fu, Min Yan, Zhong-jun Shao and Yong Long

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2021 21:7

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  21. Although generally known as a human commensal, Staphylococcus epidermidis is also an opportunistic pathogen that can cause nosocomial infections related to foreign body materials and immunocompromized patients. I...

    Authors: Amalie Katrine Rendboe, Thor Bech Johannesen, Anna Cäcilia Ingham, Emeli Månsson, Søren Iversen, Sharmin Baig, Sofie Edslev, Jørgen Skov Jensen, Bo Söderquist, Paal Skytt Andersen and Marc Stegger

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:362

    Content type: Methodology article

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  22. In the past decade, the initial studies of the gut microbiota started focusing on the correlation of the composition of the gut microbiota and the health or diseases of the host, and there are extensive litera...

    Authors: Nesreen H. Aljahdali, Yasser M. Sanad, Jing Han and Steven L. Foley

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:353

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  23. The use of animal models with depleted intestinal microbiota has recently increased thanks to the huge interest in the potential role of these micro-organisms in human health. In particular, depletion of gut b...

    Authors: Pauline Tirelle, Jonathan Breton, Gaëtan Riou, Pierre Déchelotte, Moïse Coëffier and David Ribet

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:340

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  24. The long-held notion that, without urinary tract or circulatory infection, bladder urine and blood are sterile biofluids has been disproven. There have been no previous reports on the kidney pelvis urinary mic...

    Authors: Fengping Liu, Nan Zhang, Yunhong Wu, Peng Jiang, Tingting Jiang, Yang Wang, Yuwei Zhang, Qixiao Zhai, Yeqing Zou and Ninghan Feng

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:336

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  25. Microencapsulated organic acids and botanicals have the potential to develop into important tools for the poultry industry. A blend of organic acids and botanicals (AviPlus®P) has previously shown to reduce Salmo...

    Authors: Kristina M. Feye, Christina L. Swaggerty, Michael H. Kogut, Steven C. Ricke, Andrea Piva and Ester Grilli

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:332

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  26. The fungal communities inhabiting natural Ophiocordyceps sinensis play critical ecological roles in alpine meadow ecosystem, contribute to infect host insect, influence the occurrence of O. sinensis, and are repe...

    Authors: Chuan-Bo Zhang, Chao-Hui Ren, Yan-Li Wang, Qi-Qi Wang, Yun-Sheng Wang and Qing-Bei Weng

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:331

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  28. Yaks are able to utilize the gastrointestinal microbiota to digest plant materials. Although the cellulolytic bacteria in the yak rumen have been reported, there is still limited information on the diversity o...

    Authors: Ga Gong, Saisai Zhou, Runbo Luo, Zhuoma Gesang and Sizhu Suolang

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:302

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  29. Neuropathic pain is an abnormally increased sensitivity to pain, especially from mechanical or thermal stimuli. To date, the current pharmacological treatments for neuropathic pain are still unsatisfactory. Th...

    Authors: Guo-Jie Brandon-Mong, Grace Tzun-Wen Shaw, Wei-Hsin Chen, Chien-Chang Chen and Daryi Wang

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:295

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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Microbiology 2020 20:377

  30. Dental implants have become well-established in oral rehabilitation for fully or partially edentulous patients. However, peri-implantitis often leads to the failure of dental implants. The aim of this study wa...

    Authors: Shichong Qiao, Dongle Wu, Mengge Wang, Shujiao Qian, Yu Zhu, Junyu Shi, Yongjun Wei and Hongchang Lai

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:293

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  31. In recent years, the microbiome field has undergone a shift from clustering-based methods of operational taxonomic unit (OTU) designation based on sequence similarity to denoising algorithms that identify exac...

    Authors: Shirin Moossavi, Faisal Atakora, Kelsey Fehr and Ehsan Khafipour

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:290

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  32. The experimental materials were a 60-year-old tea tree (Camellia sinensis cv. Shu Cha Zao; SCZ) (the mother plant) and 1-year-old and 20-year-old plants of SCZ that originated as mother plant cuttings. The aim of...

    Authors: Zhenzhen Wu, Qingqing Su, Yuchen Cui, Hongzhu He, Jiali Wang, Yong Zhang, Yu Zhao, Hassan Abul, Yunqiu Yang and Yanhua Long

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:270

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  33. Tor putitora, the largest freshwater fish of the Indian subcontinent, is an endangered species. Several factors have been attributed towards its continuous population decrease, but very little is known about the ...

    Authors: Himani Khurana, Durgesh Narain Singh, Anoop Singh, Yogendra Singh, Rup Lal and Ram Krishan Negi

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:249

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  34. The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau represents one of the most important component of the terrestrial ecosystem and a particularly vulnerable region, which harbouring complex and diverse microbiota. The knowledge abou...

    Authors: Mengjun Zhang, Liwei Chai, Muke Huang, Weiqian Jia, Jiabao Guo and Yi Huang

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:235

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  35. Primary ovarian failure (POF) is defined as follicular failure in women of reproductive age. Although many factors are speculated to contribute to the occurrence of POF, the exact aetiology remains unclear. Mo...

    Authors: Juan Wang, Jieying Xu, Qixin Han, Weiwei Chu, Gang Lu, Wai-Yee Chan, Yingying Qin and Yanzhi Du

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:230

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  36. Gut microbiota plays an important role in physiological and pathological processes of the host organism, including aging. Microbiota composition was shown to vary significantly throughout the life course. Age-...

    Authors: Alexander Vaiserman, Mariana Romanenko, Liubov Piven, Vladislav Moseiko, Oleh Lushchak, Nadiia Kryzhanovska, Vitaly Guryanov and Alexander Koliada

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:221

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  37. Few studies have examined how maternal body mass index (BMI), mode of delivery and ethnicity affect the microbial composition of human milk and none have examined associations with maternal metabolic status. G...

    Authors: Lauren LeMay-Nedjelski, James Butcher, Sylvia H. Ley, Michelle R. Asbury, Anthony J. Hanley, Alex Kiss, Sharon Unger, Julia K. Copeland, Pauline W. Wang, Bernard Zinman, Alain Stintzi and Deborah L. O’Connor

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:219

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  40. The intestinal tract undergoes a period of cellular maturation during early life, primarily characterized by the organization of epithelial cells into specialized crypt and villus structures. These processes a...

    Authors: Michael W. Dougherty, Oleksandr Kudin, Marcus Mühlbauer, Josef Neu, Raad Z. Gharaibeh and Christian Jobin

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:205

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  41. The possibility that smokeless tobacco may contribute to oral carcinogenesis by influencing the oral microbiome has not been explored. This preliminary cross-sectional study sought to assess the effect of usin...

    Authors: Esam Halboub, Mohammed S. Al-Ak’hali, Abdulwahab H. Alamir, Husham E. Homeida, Divyashri Baraniya, Tsute Chen and Nezar Noor Al-Hebshi

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:201

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  42. A placental microbiome, which may be altered in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), has been described. However, publications raising doubts about the existence of a placental microbiome that is different tha...

    Authors: Isoken Nicholas Olomu, Luis Carlos Pena-Cortes, Robert A. Long, Arpita Vyas, Olha Krichevskiy, Ryan Luellwitz, Pallavi Singh and Martha H. Mulks

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:157

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  43. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the number one cause of lower respiratory tract infections in infants. There are still no vaccines or specific antiviral therapies against RSV, mainly due to the inadequate...

    Authors: Jeffrey N. Harding, David Siefker, Luan Vu, Dahui You, John DeVincenzo, JF. Pierre and Stephania A. Cormier

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:140

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  44. The microbiome of the oral cavity is the second-largest and diverse microbiota after the gut, harboring over 700 species of bacteria and including also fungi, viruses, and protozoa. With its diverse niches, th...

    Authors: Elisabetta Caselli, Chiara Fabbri, Maria D’Accolti, Irene Soffritti, Cristian Bassi, Sante Mazzacane and Maurizio Franchi

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:120

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  45. Gut microbiota composition is known to depend on environmental (diet, day length, infections, xenobiotic exposure) and lifestyle (alcohol/drug intake, physical activity) factors. All these factors fluctuate se...

    Authors: Alexander Koliada, Vladyslav Moseiko, Mariana Romanenko, Liubov Piven, Oleh Lushchak, Nadiia Kryzhanovska, Vitaly Guryanov and Alexander Vaiserman

    Citation: BMC Microbiology 2020 20:100

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