A close symbiotic relationship exists between the intestinal microbiota and its host. A critical
component of gut homeostasis is the presence of a mucus layer covering the gastrointestinal …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by accumulation of protein-bound uremic
toxins such as p-cresyl sulfate, p-cresyl glucuronide, indoxyl sulfate and indole-3-acetic acid, …

Postbiotics are a new category of biotics that have the potential to confer health benefits but,
unlike probiotics, do not require living cells to induce health effects and thus are not subject …

… Faecal slurries were prepared as described by De Paepe et al. [… attached microorganisms,
as described by De Paepe et al. [40]. … We would like to thank Jolien De Paepe for critically …

… The authors would like to thank Jana De Bodt and Tim Lacoere for the technical support,
Kim de Paepe for the support in analyzing the Illumina data and for the statistical support. …

Gut microbiota research reveals a vital role for the luminal and mucosal gut microbiota in
human health. Fewer studies, however, have characterized the microbiome associated with …

Background Current treatments for functional dyspepsia have limited efficacy or present
safety issues. We aimed to assess spore-forming probiotics in functional dyspepsia as …

Premature infants are at substantial risk for suffering from perinatal white matter injury.
Though the gut microbiota has been implicated in early-life development, a detailed …

Resource recovery from source-separated urine can shorten nutrient cycles on Earth and is
essential in regenerative life support systems for deep-space exploration. In this study, a …

Background Transit time is an important modulator of the human gut microbiome. The
inability to modify transit time as the sole variable hampers mechanistic in vivo microbiome …