Genome Diversity of Spore-Forming Firmicutes [PDF]
ABSTRACT Formation of heat-resistant endospores is a specific property of the members of the phylum Firmicutes (low-G+C Gram-positive bacteria). It is found in representatives of four different classes of Firmicutes , Bacilli , Clostridia
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Mixed Spices at Culinary Doses Have Prebiotic Effects in Healthy Adults: A Pilot Study. [PDF]
Spices were used as food preservatives prior to the advent of refrigeration, suggesting the possibility of effects on microbiota. Previous studies have shown prebiotic activities in animals and in vitro, but there has not been a demonstration of ...
Carpenter, Catherine L +11 more
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Intestinal microflora dysbiosis and resistome in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) [PDF]
The aim of the present study is to explore the bacterial diversity within the gut microbiome of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy patient.
Katia Djenadi +8 more
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Composition and Function of Chicken Gut Microbiota
Studies analyzing the composition of gut microbiota are quite common at present, mainly due to the rapid development of DNA sequencing technologies within the last decade. This is valid also for chickens and their gut microbiota.
Ivan Rychlik
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The advent of technologies has made allogenic transplantation a potential curative therapy for end-stage renal diseases, but the episodes of rejection still remain as one of the challenges in the post-transplant scenario.
C. Priscilla +5 more
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Impact of anaerobic digestion and centrifugation/decanting processes in bacterial communities fractions [PDF]
The work upon which this paper is based on was co-financed by COGERSA, S.A.U. (Projects FUO-EM-138-15, FUO-139-16), IDEPA (Project IDE/2015/000245), Spanish MINECO (Project CTM2015-63864-R) and FEDER funds from European Union. Technical assistance from
Collado Alonso, Sergio +5 more
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Characteristics of Wetting-Induced Bacteriophage Blooms in Biological Soil Crust. [PDF]
Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are photosynthetic "hot spots" in deserts and cover ∼12% of the Earth's terrestrial surface, and yet they face an uncertain future given expected shifts in rainfall events.
Northen, Trent R +4 more
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Life in Hot Carbon Monoxide: The Complete Genome Sequence of Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Z-2901 [PDF]
We report here the sequencing and analysis of the genome of the thermophilic bacterium Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Z-2901. This species is a model for studies of hydrogenogens, which are diverse bacteria and archaea that grow anaerobically ...
A Scott Durkin +17 more
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The article presents the results of a single study the intestinal microbiota of healthy infants. Study was performed 11 fecal samples, followed by targeted sequencing the amplified sites on the 16S rRNA gene Miseq platform (Illumina, USA), according to ...
N. V. Gonchar +3 more
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Utilization of Pyrosequencing to Monitor the Microbiome Dynamics of Probiotic Treated Poultry (Gallus gallus domesticus) during Downstream Poultry Processing [PDF]
Antibiotic growth promoters that have been historically employed to control pathogens and increase the rate of animal development for human consumption are currently banned in many countries.
Bray, Joey +3 more
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