The role of the microbiome in the neurobiology of social behaviour by Sarkar, A, Harty, S, Johnson, K, Moeller, A, Carmody, R, Lehto, S, Erdman, S, Dunbar, R, Burnet, PW

“…Microbes colonise all multicellular life, and the gut microbiome has been shown to influence a range of host physiological and behavioural phenotypes. …”

Understanding biological hydrogel function through design of simplified peptides and polymers by Chen, Wesley George.

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Esterase-Catalyzed Siderophore Hydrolysis Activates an Enterobactin–Ciprofloxacin Conjugate and Confers Targeted Antibacterial Activity by Neumann, Wilma, Sassone-Corsi, Martina, Raffatellu, Manuela, Nolan, Elizabeth Marie

“…Moreover, because E. coli include harmless gut commensals as well as resident microbes that can contribute to disease, Ent-Cipro may provide a valuable chemical tool for strain-selective modulation of the microbiota. …”
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A single administration of ‘microbial’ D-alanine to healthy volunteers augments reaction to negative emotions: A comparison with D-serine by Capitão, L, Forsyth, J, Thomaidou, M, Condon, M, Harmer, C, Burnet, P

“… D-alanine is another potent N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor co-agonist which arises from the natural breakdown of host gut microbes, and is predominantly sequestered in the pituitary. …”

Immunology. Feed your Tregs more fiber. by Bollrath, J, Powrie, F

“…Microbes that metabolize dietary fiber can generate key fatty acids that enforce regulatory T cells in the gut.…”

Hepatic circadian clock oscillators and nuclear receptors integrate microbiome-derived signals by Montagner, Alexandra, Korecka, Agata, Polizzi, Arnaud, Lippi, Yannick, Blum, Yuna, Canlet, Cécile, Tremblay-Franco, Marie, Gautier-Stein, Amandine, Burcelin, Rémy, Yen, Yi-Chun, Je, Hyunsoo Shawn, Maha, Al-Asmakh, Mithieux, Gilles, Arulampalam, Velmurugesan, Lagarrigue, Sandrine, Guillou, Hervé, Pettersson, Sven, Wahli, Walter

“…The liver is a key organ of metabolic homeostasis with functions that oscillate in response to food intake. Although liver and gut microbiome crosstalk has been reported, microbiome-mediated effects on peripheral circadian clocks and their output genes are less well known. …”
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Optimisation of biopulping process by bacteria from rhynchophorus ferrugineus on empty fruit bunch for pulp industry by Mohd Aripin, Ashuvila

“…This research focuses on optimising lignin removal via biopulping process using several combinations of R. ferrugineus’s gut microbiome such as Klebsiella pneumoniae (K), Serratia marcescens (S), Pseudomonas citronellolis (P) and Enterobacter oryzae (E). …”
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Modulation of adult stem cell activity by microbial indole production in the host-microbiome interaction context by Xing, Yuli

“…The recognition of the role of the gut microbiome-host interactions in regulating mammalian physiology is a major paradigm shift in 20th century medicine. …”
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Interspecies bacterial competition regulates community assembly in the C. elegans intestine by Ortiz, Anthony, Vega, Nicole M, Ratzke, Christoph, Gore, Jeff

“…These results highlight that bacterial interspecies interactions, more so than host–microbe adaptation or gut environmental filtering, play a dominant role in the assembly of the C. elegans microbiota.…”
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Structural investigation of macromolecular assembly by adaptive and innate immune regulators using cryo-EM by Huynh, Phuong Thao

“…Innate immunity is constituted by a set of germline-encoded responses that handle molecules commonly found in many microbes or toxins but not in the host, while the adaptive system refers to responses that are encoded by gene elements that somatically rearrange to assemble antigen-binding complexes with high specificity to target invasive foreign molecules. …”
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Bifidobacterium castoris strains isolated from wild mice show evidence of frequent host switching and diverse carbohydrate metabolism potential by Kujawska, M, Raulo, A, Millar, M, Warren, F, Baltrūnaitė, L, Knowles, SK, Hall, LJ

“…<p>Members of the gut microbiota genus <em>Bifidobacterium</em> are widely distributed human and animal symbionts believed to exert beneficial effects on their hosts. …”

Obesity triggered smoldering inflammation as a cause of diabetes. by Wong, Yi Xin.

“…We will also explore the features of the metabolic inflammatory state, where can we find this inflammatory state in our body and how microbes in our guts also play a role in obesity.…”
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Maternal Microbiota Modulate a Fragile X-like Syndrome in Offspring Mice by Varian, Bernard J., Weber, Katherine T., Kim, Lily J., Chavarria, Tony E., Carrasco, Sebastian E., Muthupalani, Sureshkumar, Poutahidis, Theofilos, Zafarullah, Marwa, Al Olaby, Reem R., Barboza, Mariana, Solakyildirim, Kemal, Lebrilla, Carlito, Tassone, Flora, Wu, Fuqing, Alm, Eric J., Erdman, Susan E.

“…We found that oral in utero supplementation with a beneficial anti-inflammatory probiotic microbe, <i>Lactobacillus reuteri</i>, was sufficient to inhibit FXS-like phenotypes in offspring mice. …”
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Heritable components of the human fecal microbiome are associated with visceral fat by Beaumont, M, Goodrich, J, Jackson, M, Yet, I, Davenport, E, Vieira-Silva, S, Debelius, J, Pallister, T, Mangino, M, Raes, J, Knight, R, Clark, A, Ley, R, Spector, T, Bell, J

“…Using BMI as a surrogate phenotype, we pursue replication in independent samples from three population-based cohorts including American Gut, Flemish Gut Flora Project and the extended TwinsUK cohort. …”

Effects of condensed tannin fractions from Leucaena leucocephala (LAM.) De wit hybrid on methane mitigation, rumen fermentation and diversity of methanogens, protozoa and bacteria... by Mookiah, Saminathan

“…The strong binding affinity of higher MWs CTs to proteins may be beneficial in reducing degradation of feed protein by rumen microbes, thus enhancing bypass protein in ruminants. …”
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Nutrient availability in acidic soil added with composted paddy husk amendment by Simol, Carlina Freddie, Chubo, John Keen, Jie, Patricia Hung King, Kian, Huat Ong, Chew, Cindy, Simol, Ira Carlbrenie, Nawi, Khalid

“…The objective of this study was to determine the effect of incubation period on soil quality and availability of major nutrients in composted paddy husk treated using different ligninolytic microbes isolated from termite guts. Each treatment of soil with various compost mixtures was incubated for 30, 60, and 90 days before harvested. …”

Commensal epitopes drive differentiation of colonic T regs by Kuczma, Michal P, Szurek, Edyta A, Cebula, Anna, Chassaing, Benoit, Jung, Yu-Jin, Kang, Sang-Moo, Fox, James G, Stecher, Bärbel, Ignatowicz, Leszek

“…© 2020 The Authors. The gut microbiome is the largest source of intrinsic non-self-antigens that are continuously sensed by the immune system but typically do not elicit lymphocyte responses. …”
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Commensal epitopes drive differentiation of colonic T regs by Kuczma, Michal P, Szurek, Edyta A, Cebula, Anna, Chassaing, Benoit, Jung, Yu-Jin, Kang, Sang-Moo, Fox, James G, Stecher, Bärbel, Ignatowicz, Leszek

“…© 2020 The Authors. The gut microbiome is the largest source of intrinsic non-self-antigens that are continuously sensed by the immune system but typically do not elicit lymphocyte responses. …”
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Copy number variation of scavenger-receptor cysteine-rich domains within DMBT1 and Crohn’s disease by Polley, S, Prescott, N, Nimmo, E, Veal, C, Vind, I, Munkholm, P, Fode, P, Mansfield, J, Skyt Andersen, P, Satsangi, J, G Mathew, C, Hollox, E

“…Because the copy number variable regions are predicted to affect the number of bacteria-binding domains, different alleles may alter host–microbe interactions in the gut. Our aim was to investigate the role of this complex variation in susceptibility to Crohn’s disease by assessing the previously reported association. …”

Anti-obesity and anti-inflammatory effects of synthetic acetic acid vinegar and Nipa vinegar on high-fat-diet-induced obese mice by Beh, Boon Kee, Mohamad, Nurul Elyani, Swee, Keong Yeap, Huynh, Ky, Boo, Sook Yee, Yi, Joelle Heng Chua, Tan, Sheau Wei, Wan, Yong Ho, Sharifuddin, Shaiful Adzni, Long, Kamariah, Mohammed Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu

“…Thus, a high dose of Nipa vinegar may potentially alleviate obesity by altering the lipid metabolism, inflammation and gut microbe composition in high-fat-diet-induced obese mice.…”
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