Background Changes in microbial community composition as a function of human health and
disease states have sparked remarkable interest in the human gut microbiome. However, …

A detailed understanding of gut microbial ecology is essential to engineer effective microbial
therapeutics and to model microbial community assembly and succession in health and …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a clinically significant pathogen that
is resistant to a wide variety of antibiotics and responsible for a large number of nosocomial …

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A growing number of multidisciplinary studies have reported the beneficial effects of physical
activities towards the development of overall well-being and the reduction of chronic …

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), the process of transferring stool from a donor to a
recipient’s gastrointestinal tract, collides donor and recipient gut microbial communities …

The goal of a therapy against autoimmune diseases would be to blunt immune responses
against self antigens, without impairing systemic immunity. Our lab has been developing a …

Microbes play a significant role in supporting life on our planet, and their metabolic
capabilities mediate their interactions with each other and with their environments. In host-associated …