The microbiome of the upper respiratory tract in health and disease

C Kumpitsch, K Koskinen, V Schöpf… - BMC biology, 2019 - Springer
The human upper respiratory tract (URT) offers a variety of niches for microbial colonization.
Local microbial communities are shaped by the different characteristics of the specific …

Challenges in exploring and manipulating the human skin microbiome

M Boxberger, V Cenizo, N Cassir, B La Scola - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
The skin is the exterior interface of the human body with the environment. Despite its harsh
physical landscape, the skin is colonized by diverse commensal microbes. In this review, we …

Meta-analysis of the Parkinson's disease gut microbiome suggests alterations linked to intestinal inflammation

S Romano, GM Savva, JR Bedarf, IG Charles… - npj Parkinson's …, 2021 - nature.com
The gut microbiota is emerging as an important modulator of neurodegenerative diseases,
and accumulating evidence has linked gut microbes to Parkinson's disease (PD) …

Multi-kingdom ecological drivers of microbiota assembly in preterm infants

C Rao, KZ Coyte, W Bainter, RS Geha, CR Martin… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The gut microbiota of preterm infants develops predictably,,,,,–, with pioneer species
colonizing the gut after birth, followed by an ordered succession of microorganisms. The gut …

The role of lung and gut microbiota in the pathology of asthma

W Barcik, RCT Boutin, M Sokolowska, BB Finlay - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease affecting more than 300 million people
worldwide. Clinical features of asthma and its immunological and molecular etiology vary …

Major new microbial groups expand diversity and alter our understanding of the tree of life

CJ Castelle, JF Banfield - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
The recent recovery of genomes for organisms from phyla with no isolated representative
(candidate phyla) via cultivation-independent genomics enabled delineation of major new …

Methanogenesis

Z Lyu, N Shao, T Akinyemi, WB Whitman - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Methanogenesis is an anaerobic respiration that generates methane as the final product of
metabolism. In aerobic respiration, organic matter such as glucose is oxidized to CO 2, and …

The host-associated archaeome

G Borrel, JF Brugère, S Gribaldo, RA Schmitz… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Host-associated microbial communities have an important role in shaping the health and
fitness of plants and animals. Most studies have focused on the bacterial, fungal or viral …

The influence of the gut microbiome on host metabolism through the regulation of gut hormone release

AM Martin, EW Sun, GB Rogers, DJ Keating - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The microbial community of the gut conveys significant benefits to host physiology. A clear
relationship has now been established between gut bacteria and host metabolism in which …

Biosynthetic capacity, metabolic variety and unusual biology in the CPR and DPANN radiations

CJ Castelle, CT Brown, K Anantharaman… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Candidate phyla radiation (CPR) bacteria and DPANN (an acronym of the names of the first
included phyla) archaea are massive radiations of organisms that are widely distributed …