How does dietary carbohydrate, fat, or protein restriction impact the human gut microbiome? This new systematic review summarizes available evidence so far: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

METASEED: a novel approach to full-length 16S rRNA gene reconstruction from short read data bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Here's our latest paper in Cell Reports Medicine, where Johannes Johnson-Martínez, PhD delves into the multi-omic fingerprint of bowel movement frequency in the body. We focused on a healthy cohort, & found signatures of organ damage in those with constipation & diarrhea. doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm… 🧵

Where are we on the role of dietary and microbiome therapies in IBD? .Ashwin,M.D, Kevin Whelan, Jessica R Allegretti, MD, MPH, FACG, AGAF & Harry Sokol nicely update the knowns and unknowns in the field: cghjournal.org/article/S1542-…

Is it possible to leverage gut microbiome-related markers for autism spectrum disorders? New findings highlight the potential application of multikingdom and functional gut microbiota markers as non-invasive diagnostic tools via Nature Microbiology: nature.com/articles/s4156…

Excited to see the muti-glycomic platform for food analysis developed by the Carlito Lebrilla and his lab. Tools like these are critical for next generation diet x gut microbe studies. nature.com/articles/s4159…

How does physical activity shape the gut microbiome? A new systematic review suggests that physical activity may improve the relative abundance of short-chain fatty acids-producing bacteria and athletes seem to have a richer microbiome: jsams.org/article/S1440-…

The indoors microbiome and human health rdcu.be/dOxgS Gilbert & Hartmann examine the microbial ecology of indoor spaces, the factors that influence the #microbiome of the built environment, and their influence on human health.

The oral–gut microbiome axis in health and disease rdcu.be/dOzKm Kunath, Wilmes et al. explore the interaction between the oral and the intestinal microbiota and how they influence each other and the development of different diseases. wilmeslab @microsyseco

Short-chain fatty acids aren't the only beneficial gut-derived metabolites. .Mahesh Desai Lab et al. update why non-SCFA microbial metabolites are associated with fiber fermentation and host health: cell.com/trends/endocri…

Delighted to have been involved in this fantastic new study with MASTER IA H2020 colleagues ‘Microbiome mapping in dairy industry reveals new species and genes for probiotic and bioprotective activities’ Teagasc Teagasc Food Research Programme APC Microbiome Ireland VistaMilk SFI Research Centre Food for Health Ireland

How often a person poops may have implications for overall health. .Sean Gibbons, Johannes Johnson-Martínez, PhD & colleagues found aberrant bowel movement frequencies coincide with increased microbe-derived blood metabolites associated with reduced organ function: cell.com/cell-reports-m…

How do different eating patterns impact our microbiome? .Peter Turnbaugh, Krista Varady & Carmody beautifully update their mechanisms of action: cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

In older individuals, inflammation and alterations in the gut microbiota have profound implications for a range of age-related diseases. These interventions targeting the gut microbiome offer promising avenues for promoting healthy aging: gutmicrobiotaforhealth.com/understanding-…

#weekendreading📖👇 Stress-sensitive neural circuits change the gut microbiome via duodenal glands Cell cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

We're getting closer to understanding why fermented foods are beneficial for health. .Danilo Ercolini, Prof. Orla O’Sullivan, Paul Cotter, et al. update what is new in the field: …icro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

⚡️ Our latest preprint "Refined Enterotyping Reveals Dysbiosis in Global Fecal Metagenomes" led by Marisa Isabell Keller is now available! We’ve revisited #enterotypes using a massive dataset of 16,772 human fecal #metagenomes from 38 countries! 🌍🧬doi.org/10.1101/2024.0… 🧵

The major bottleneck in reconstructing MAGs at large scales is usually generating multi-sample coverage info. Fairy is a new kmer-based approach that provides good estimates of coverage at remarkable speeds microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Perspectives on the future of host-microbe biology from the Council on Microbial Sciences of the American Society for Microbiology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ms…

📢New Publication Alert: The largest survey of microbes in food just published in Cell Press! cell.com/cell/fulltext/… This is a result of the wonderful MASTER IA H2020 collaboration. Kudos to Niccolò Carlino and all our colleagues! Paul Cotter Danilo Ercolini Edoardo Pasolli