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MOSTLY MICROBES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Welcome to Mostly Microbes and Infectious Diseases. David Ojcius posts newspaper and journal articles in the broad field of microbiology.

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How Does Alcohol Affect Your Gut Health?
Scientists found that compared with those who don’t drink at all, people who drink at low-to-moderate levels have a more diverse gut...
David Ojcius
Jul 20, 20242 min read
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The gut microbiota follows a circadian rhythm
• Bacterial rhythmicity is present in the infant gut & increases with age. • #circadian control of bacterial rhythms is confirmed ex vivo...
David Ojcius
Jul 3, 20241 min read
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The happy microbiome: how to nourish all of yours - from mouth to gut to vagina
Genetically speaking, we are more microbe than human and, whether on our skin or up our nose, they are essential to our health. Here are...
David Ojcius
Jun 29, 20241 min read
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Caenorhabditis elegans as a Convenient Animal Model for Microbiome Studies
Microbes constitute the most prevalent life form on Earth, yet their remarkable diversity remains mostly unrecognized. Microbial...
David Ojcius
Jun 18, 20243 min read
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Unveiling the Mycobiota: The Fungal Frontier of Human Health
The #microbiota and its effect on health has been extensively studied over the past decade. In many studies, the term microbiota has...
David Ojcius
Jun 3, 20247 min read
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Your microbes live on after you die − how your necrobiome recycles your body to nourish new life
How your #necrobiome recycles your body to nourish new life. Studies show that not only do our microbes continue to live on after we die,...
David Ojcius
Sep 29, 20234 min read
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The oral microbiome: diversity, biogeography and human health
Review article highlights recent understanding of biogeography of oral niches at the species level & summarizes the relationship between...
David Ojcius
Sep 12, 20233 min read
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Parabacteroides distasonis uses dietary inulin to suppress NASH via pentadecanoic acid
Study shows that gut #microbiota members can use dietary fibre to generate beneficial metabolites to suppress metabolic disease....
David Ojcius
Jun 30, 20231 min read
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Microbiota and Nod-like receptors balance inflammation and metabolism during obesity and diabetes
Gut #microbiota influence host immunity and metabolism during obesity. Bacterial sensors of the innate immune system relay signals from...
David Ojcius
Jun 3, 20237 min read
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Longevity of centenarians is reflected by the gut microbiome with youth-associated signatures
Centenarians display youth-associated features in gut #microbiome such as over-representation of #Bacteroides-dominated enterotype,...
David Ojcius
Apr 12, 20233 min read
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Intermittent fasting modulates gut microbiota and improves obesity and host energy metabolism
A small study in humans found that #IntermittentFasting modulates the intestinal #microbiota & improves #obesity & host energy...
David Ojcius
Apr 8, 20233 min read
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Mucin glycans drive oral microbial community composition & function
Study found mucins shape oral #microbiota by serving as nutrients to support metabolic diversity, organizing spatial structure thru...
David Ojcius
Mar 26, 20232 min read
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Don’t feel like exercising? It could be your microbiome
The microbiomes of physically active people can be quite different from those of people who rarely #exercise #microbiome #microbiota Your...
David Ojcius
Mar 8, 20234 min read
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What Are Prebiotics And How Do They Work?
And how do #prebiotics differ from #probiotics? Experts weigh in on how these trendy supplements may influence your well-being....
David Ojcius
Dec 7, 20224 min read
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Eating specially-colored muffins could reveal whether you have inflammatory bowel disease
Eating blue muffins can reveal health of gut #microbiome. Eating a muffin dyed blue could reveal your gut transit time, which may help...
David Ojcius
Mar 19, 20223 min read
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Do oral bacteria play a role in hypertension?
Researchers found an association between the oral #microbiota and the risk of #hypertension in people who have experienced menopause....
David Ojcius
Mar 10, 20224 min read
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Review on association of fungi with development and progression of carcinogenesis in the human body
Highlights •Long-term #Candida infection contributes to #oralcancer development. •Candida species contribute to tumor induction along...
David Ojcius
Feb 27, 20221 min read
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Fermented foods show potential in increasing gut microbial diversity and modulating immune responses
Fermented foods, such as #yogurt, #kefir, #kimchi & #kombucha, have gained increasing popularity on the market shelves. Scientists...
David Ojcius
Nov 23, 20213 min read
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Gut bacterial communities of wild black capuchin monkeys from the Atlantic Forest biome in Brazil
#microbiome #microbiota #biome Fecal bacterial communities of wild black capuchin monkeys (Sapajus nigritus) from the Atlantic Forest...
David Ojcius
Nov 17, 20212 min read
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Microbiome Likely Not a Causal Factor for Autism, Suggests Largest Study
A new study challenges the idea that #autism spectrum disorder (#ASD) may be causally influenced by childhood gut #microbiota. The study...
David Ojcius
Nov 12, 20215 min read
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