Microbial infection is a broad topic that covers infections in humans from bacterial, fungus and viruses, for this book chapter specific examples from each of these genera will be given, but of course there are many more microbial infections that could highlighted. Microbes include bacteria, ...
suis, a common cause of sepsis, meningitis and other serious infections in young piglets and also of meningitis in humans, agglutinates human erythrocytes, but not after treatment with sialidase. Resialylation of the desialylated erythrocytes with α2–3 sialyltransferase resulted in strong ...
Gastrointestinal microbiota and immune cells interact closely and display regional specificity; however, little is known about how these communities differ with location. Here, we simultaneously assess microbiota and single immune cells across the health
In addition, the composition of the gut microbiota in humans can indicate the disease risk or development [16, 17]. It has been reported that diet can significantly alter the gut microbiota composition, other factors including host genetics, infections, the use of antibiotics, immunosuppressive ...
the gut of humans and other animals. SomeE. faeciumstrains have probiotic potential45, and recent studies suggest that it plays a positive role in cancer immunotherapy46,47. On the other hand, someE. faeciumstrains cause opportunistic infections in hospitalized patients with disrupted gut microbiota...
– is also prevalent in the plastisphere [57,143]. AMR is an environmental and public health issue directly linked to the infectious processes of pathogenic bacteria. It has been estimated that AMR-related infections caused 1.27 million deaths worldwide in 2019 (survey including 204 countries and...
As mentioned above, bifidobacteria were until relatively recently not thought to be prone to phage infections since their was no evidence of infection, however, genome analysis of several bifidobacterial strains revealed the presence of predicted phage resistance systems, in particular CRISPR and restrict...
Using an Ion AmpliSeq highly multiplexed PCR approach enables an efficient and affordable means for conducting extensive analyses of the human microbiome and has applications in the study of phenotypic variability as it relates to disease, emergent resistance mechanisms, and potential future therapies. ...
As mentioned above, bifidobacteria were until relatively recently not thought to be prone to phage infections since their was no evidence of infection, however, genome analysis of several bifidobacterial strains revealed the presence of predicted phage resistance systems, in particular CRISPR and restrict...
“probiotics” craze (despite a distinct lack of corroborating evidence) (Bested et al., 2013, Underhill et al., 2016); but scientific interest in the microbiome was soon overshadowed by the advent of powerful antibiotics and their revolutionary success in the treatment of bacterial infections. ...