The gut microbiota (GM) has proven to be essential for both physical health and mental wellbeing, yet the forces that ultimately shape its composition remain opaque. One critical force known to affect the GM is the social environment. Prior work in humans and free-ranging non-human primates h...
Most of the microbiome in chickens caecum is represented by Gram-positive (77%) and Gram-negative rods (14%) as well as Gram-positive cocci (9%) [20]. The predominant bacterial phyla areProteobacteria(2–9%),Firmicutes(50–70%),Actinobacteria(1–3.5%) andBacteroidetes(approximately 12–40%...
We examined multiple indices of mood and well-being in 64 healthy females in a 4-week double blind, placebo controlled galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) prebiotic supplement intervention and obtained stool samples at baseline and follow-up for gut microbiota sequencing and analyses. We report effects ...
Transition from traditional high-fiber to Western diets in urbanizing communities of Sub-Saharan Africa is associated with increased risk of non-communicable diseases (NCD), exemplified by colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. To investigate how urbanization gives rise to microbial patterns that may be amenab...
After millions of years of coevolution, symbiotic microbiota has become an integral part of the host and plays an important role in host immunity, metabolism, and health. Vaccination, as an effective means of preventing infectious diseases, has been playing a vital role in the prevention and con...
Notifying your healthcare provider of any changes in vaginal discharge. Back to Top 2nd Trimester: By the middle part of pregnancy, most women begin to feel more energetic and more settled. You will also notice that your body’s shape and size will begin to change. The second trimester of...
Full size image Here we explore how a shift in host diet alters the metabolic capacity of the sheep rumen microbiome. We previously showed that there was a significant shift in taxonomic composition that resulted from such a diet change [18]. However, given our observations in cattle [26], ...
These changes in pharyngeal shape are associated with impairment of pharyngeal dila- tor activity and an increased risk of airway collapse [57]. Although obstruction may occur at any point in the phar- ynx, it is most frequently observed in either the retropala- tal and/or the retroglossal...
Next, we explored the molecular geometry of lipids in these altered pathways and found some interesting lipid shape changes in these altered lipid pathways in the PFC of the DL macaques. Based on the size ratio of the hydrophilic head to the hydrophobic tail, glycerophospholipids and glycerolipid...
stool samp At present, the best way of grasping the adaptive pattern of human GM as humans age is represented by cross-sectional studies embracing a wide age range in well-defined populations that are relatively homogeneous in genetics and lifestyles. Inclusion of “extreme phenotypes”, i.e.,...