Healthy people produce mucus in their large intestines. Part of the purpose of this fluid is to help your body process stool. Because of that, you might noticemucus in your stoolwhen you poop. Normally, this isn't a cause for concern. However, if you suddenly notice a change in the amo...
Astroviruses are a global cause of pediatric diarrhea, but they are largely understudied, and it is unclear how and where they replicate in the gut. Using an in vivo model, here we report that murine astrovirus preferentially infects actively secreting s
The present teachings generally include techniques for characterizing the health of an animal (e.g., gastrointestinal health) using image analysis (e.g., of a stool sample) as a complement, alternative, or a replacement to biological specimen sequencing. The present teachings may also or instead...
The intestinal mucus layer is located at the interface between the intestinal epithelium and the microbiota; it is, therefore, a key factor in the crosstalk between the intestinal epithelium and the microbiota and, hence, in the maintenance of intestinal homeostasis. Disruption of this protective lay...
The reference strainsB. thetaiotaomicronVPI-5482 (ATCC 29148) andF. prausnitziiA2-165 (DSM 17677), isolated from human fecal stool, were used. Bacteria were grown overnight at 37°C in YBHI medium (brain-heart infusion medium supplemented with 0.5% Difco yeast extract (Becton Dickinson and ...
BaP exposure induced significant shifts in the composition and relative abundance of stool and mucosa-associated bacterial communities. In particular, shifts in faecal mucophilic bacteria at the end of the experiment were depicted. Among dominant taxa, the relative abundance of Lactobacillaceae (...
BaP exposure induced significant shifts in the composition and relative abundance of stool and mucosa-associated bacterial communities. In particular, shifts in faecal mucophilic bacteria at the end of the experiment were depicted. Among dominant taxa, the relative abundance of Lactobacillaceae ...
Ulcerative colitis (UC), one of the most common chronic and incurable inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), occurs along with the symptoms of diarrhea, blood in the stool, and mucus damage [1,2,3]. The increment in its incidence is allegedly due to the hardness of tackling genetic susceptibilit...