Nanopore Is Preferable over Illumina for 16S Amplicon Sequencing of the Gut Microbiota When Species-Level Taxonomic Classification, Accurate Estimation of Richness, or Focus on Rare Taxa Is Required [PDF]
Nanopore sequencing is a promising technology used for 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing as it can provide full-length 16S reads and has a low up-front cost that allows research groups to set up their own sequencing workflows.
Márton Szoboszlay +5 more
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Gut and Brain: Investigating Physiological and Pathological Interactions Between Microbiota and Brain to Gain New Therapeutic Avenues for Brain Diseases [PDF]
Brain physiological functions or pathological dysfunctions do surely depend on the activity of both neuronal and non-neuronal populations. Nevertheless, over the last decades, compelling and fast accumulating evidence showed that the brain is not alone ...
Gabriele Deidda +3 more
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Topical Administration of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (SkinDuoTM) Serum Improves Anti-Acne Properties [PDF]
The tailoring of the skin microbiome is challenging and is a research hotspot in the pathogenesis of immune-mediated inflammatory skin diseases such as acne.
Christine Podrini +10 more
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Nasal Microbiota Profiling as a Predictive Secondary Tool for COVID-19 Diagnosis: The Critical Role of Taxonomic Resolution [PDF]
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to an urgent need for effective and rapid diagnostic tools. In the present study, we have evaluated the predictive diagnostic potential of nasal microbiota by analyzing microbial community structures at different taxonomic
Simon De Jaegher +3 more
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The Human Nasal Microbiome: A Perspective Study During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Malta [PDF]
The human respiratory tract is colonized by a complex microbial community that helps maintain respiratory health and plays a crucial role in defending the host from infections.
David Pinzauti +3 more
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Clostridioides difficile and neurological disorders: New perspectives [PDF]
Despite brain physiological functions or pathological dysfunctions relying on the activity of neuronal/non-neuronal populations, over the last decades a plethora of evidence unraveled the essential contribution of the microbial populations living and ...
Manuele Biazzo +3 more
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From the Argentinian Bioart Laboratory to the Strange Things retrospective. Ten years of bioart in Argentina [PDF]
Bioart is an artistic genre that brings together works that use techniques, protocols, and methodologies from the fields ofbiology and, above all, biotechnology, for artistic ends.
Natalia Matewecki
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An NGS-assisted diagnostic workflow for culture-independent detection of bloodstream pathogens and prediction of antimicrobial resistances in sepsis [PDF]
BackgroundTimely and accurate identification of bloodstream pathogens is critical for targeted antimicrobial therapy in sepsis. Conventional blood cultures remain the Standard-of-Care (SoC) for pathogen identification but are limited by low sensitivity ...
David Pinzauti +12 more
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Identifying microbial biomarkers of neurodegeneration: a comparative study in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease [PDF]
IntroductionNeurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) have been increasingly linked to alterations of the gut microbiota, although reported microbial signatures remain heterogeneous and often lack taxonomic
Simon De Jaegher +19 more
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La era geológica actual, conocida como Antropoceno, se caracteriza por el impacto del ser humano en el ecosistema que provoca desigualdades estructurales, crisis medioambiental y modelos de economía lineal no sustentables. Con el fin de reflexionar sobre
Natalia Matewecki
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