Gut microbiota play a critical role in infant health. It is now accepted that breastmilk contains
live bacteria from endogenous and exogenous sources, but it remains unclear whether …

Background Fungi constitute an important yet frequently neglected component of the human
microbiota with a possible role in health and disease. Fungi and bacteria colonise the infant …

Various body sites of vertebrates provide stable and nutrient-rich ecosystems for a diverse
range of commensal, opportunistic, and pathogenic microorganisms to thrive. The collective …

Background In recent years, the microbiome field has undergone a shift from clustering-based
methods of operational taxonomic unit (OTU) designation based on sequence similarity to …

Frothy bloat is major digestive disorder of cattle grazing alfalfa pastures. Among the many
factors identified to contribute to the development of frothy bloat, the disruption of rumen …

Effects of Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation products (SCFP) and subacute ruminal
acidosis (SARA) on rumen and hindgut fermentation, feed intake, and total tract nutrient …

Monoamine oxidase-A (MAO-A) dysfunction has been historically associated with depression.
Recently, depression as well as altered MAO-A expression have both been associated …

Links between human milk (HM) and infant development are poorly understood and often
focus on individual HM components. Here we apply multi-modal predictive machine learning …

Background Quality control including assessment of batch variabilities and confirmation of
repeatability and reproducibility are integral component of high throughput omics studies …

Folic acid reduces the risk of neural tube defects. As approximately 50% of pregnancies are
unintended, women of reproductive age should be aware of the importance of folic acid. We …