The Gut Microbiome: Connecting Spatial Organization to Function

Diversity of the Human Intestinal Microbial Flora

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Induction of Intestinal Th17 Cells by Segmented Filamentous Bacteria

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The Effect of Diet on the Human Gut Microbiome: A Metagenomic Analysis in Humanized Gnotobiotic Mice

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Periodontitis: from microbial immune subversion to systemic inflammation

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A Dietary Fiber-Deprived Gut Microbiota Degrades the Colonic Mucus Barrier and Enhances Pathogen Susceptibility

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Gut biogeography of the bacterial microbiota

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The Domain-specific Probe EUB338 is Insufficient for the Detection of all Bacteria: Development and Evaluation of a more Comprehensive Probe Set

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The inner of the two Muc2 mucin-dependent mucus layers in colon is devoid of bacteria

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The Long-Term Stability of the Human Gut Microbiota

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Modeling spatial interaction networks of the gut microbiota

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Effects of Lifetime Exposures to Environmental Contaminants on the Adult Gut Microbiome

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Probiotic Lactobacillus johnsonii BS15 prevents memory dysfunction induced by chronic high-fluorine intake through modulating intestinal environment and improving gut development

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Microbiota-derived genotoxin tilimycin generates colonic stem cell mutations

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Development of an XBP1 agonist, HLJ2, as a potential therapeutic agent for ulcerative colitis

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Functional Anatomical Changes in Ulcerative Colitis Patients Determine Their Gut Microbiota Composition and Consequently the Possible Treatment Outcome

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Culturing of a complex gut microbial community in mucin-hydrogel carriers reveals strain- and gene-associated spatial organization

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Sialic acid plays a pivotal role in licensing Citrobacter rodentium’s transition from the intestinal lumen to a mucosal adherent niche

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The gut microbiome and ozone-induced airway hyperresponsiveness. Mechanisms and therapeutic prospects

Tashiro, H., & Shore, S. A. (2021) · American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology · doi:10.1165/rcmb.2020-0288tr · Cited by 32

Metabolic models of human gut microbiota: Advances and challenges

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Exploring gut microbial metabolites as key players in inhibition of cancer progression: Mechanisms and therapeutic implications

Yin, T., Zhang, X., Xiong, Y., Li, B., Guo, D. M., Sha, Z., Lin, X., & Wu, H. (2024) · Microbiological Research · doi:10.1016/j.micres.2024.127871 · Cited by 29

Effects of Natural Polysaccharides on the Gut Microbiota Related to Human Metabolic Health

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Molecular basis for catabolism of the abundant metabolite trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline by a microbial glycyl radical enzyme

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Effect of Bacillus coagulans on maintaining the integrity intestinal mucosal barrier in broilers

Liu, C., Radebe, S. M., Zhang, H., Jia, J., Xie, S., Shi, M., & Yu, Q. (2022) · Veterinary Microbiology · doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2022.109357 · Cited by 28

Ruminococcus bromii enables the growth of proximal Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron by releasing glucose during starch degradation

Rangarajan, A. A., Chia, H. E., Azaldegui, C. A., Olszewski, M., Pereira, G. V., Koropatkin, N. M., & Biteen, J. S. (2022) · Microbiology · doi:10.1099/mic.0.001180 · Cited by 33

Comparison of Subtyping Approaches and the Underlying Drivers of Microbial Signatures for Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Biswas, K., Cavubati, R., Gunaratna, S., Hoggard, M., Waldvogel‐Thurlow, S., Hong, J., Chang, K., Mackenzie, B. W., Taylor, M. W., & Douglas, R. G. (2019) · mSphere · doi:10.1128/msphere.00679-18 · Cited by 28

A comprehensive review for gut microbes: technologies, interventions, metabolites and diseases

Qi, C., Wang, P., Fu, T., Lu, M., Cai, Y., Chen, X., & Cheng, L. (2020) · Briefings in Functional Genomics · doi:10.1093/bfgp/elaa029 · Cited by 28

Uncovering the biogeography of the microbial commmunity and its association with nutrient metabolism in the intestinal tract using a pig model

Song, Y., Chen, K., Lv, L., Xiang, Y., Du, X., Zhang, X., Zhao, G., & Xiao, Y. (2022) · Frontiers in Nutrition · doi:10.3389/fnut.2022.1003763 · Cited by 28

Fecal microbiota transplantation: transitioning from chaos and controversial realm to scientific precision era

Wang, X., Zhao, D., Bi, D., Li, L., Tian, H., Yin, F., Zuo, T., Ianiro, G., Li, N., Chen, Q., et al. (2025) · 中国科学通报：英文版 · doi:10.1016/j.scib.2025.01.029 · Cited by 28

Exposure of the Host-Associated Microbiome to Nutrient-Rich Conditions May Lead to Dysbiosis and Disease Development—an Evolutionary Perspective

Lachnit, T., Bosch, T. C. G., & Deines, P. (2019) · mBio · doi:10.1128/mbio.00355-19 · Cited by 29

Scalable nonlinear programming framework for parameter estimation in dynamic biological system models

Shin, S., Venturelli, O. S., & Zavala, V. M. (2019) · PLoS Computational Biology · doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006828 · Cited by 27

Comparative Population Genetics in the Human Gut Microbiome

Shoemaker, W. R., Chen, D., & Garud, N. R. (2021) · Genome Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/gbe/evab116 · Cited by 27

Cause or effect? The spatial organization of pathogens and the gut microbiota in disease

Nguyen, J., Pepin, D. M., & Tropini, C. (2021) · Microbes and Infection · doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2021.104815 · Cited by 27

Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Clostridioides difficile Biofilm as a Reservoir for Recurrent Infections

Meza‐Torres, J., Auria, E., Dupuy, B., & Tremblay, Y. D. N. (2021) · Microorganisms · doi:10.3390/microorganisms9091922 · Cited by 24

Gut Microbiota: A Potential Target for Cancer Interventions

Zhou, H., Yuan, Y., Wang, H., Xiang, W., Li, S., Zheng, H., Wen, Y., Yang, M., Chen, L., & Zhou, J. (2021) · Cancer Management and Research · doi:10.2147/cmar.s328249 · Cited by 27

Effects of Fermented Feed on the Growth Performance, Intestinal Function, and Microbiota of Piglets Weaned at Different Age

Liu, S., 熊云霞, Chen, J., Xiao, H., Wu, Q., Wen, X., Jiang, Z., & Wang, L. (2022) · Frontiers in Veterinary Science · doi:10.3389/fvets.2022.841762 · Cited by 27

Distinctions Between Fecal and Intestinal Mucosal Microbiota in Subgroups of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Hou, Y., Dong, L., Lu, X., Shi, H., Xu, B., Zhong, W., Ma, L., Wang, S., Yang, C., He, X., et al. (2022) · Digestive Diseases and Sciences · doi:10.1007/s10620-022-07588-4 · Cited by 27

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: The Role of Gut Microbiota

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Strain displacement in microbiomes via ecological competition

Bakkeren, E., Piskovsky, V., LEE, M., Jahn, M. T., & Foster, K. R. (2025) · Nature Microbiology · doi:10.1038/s41564-025-02162-w · Cited by 30

Intestinal mucosal bacterial diversity of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) mice treated with Debaryomyces hansenii and Qiweibaizhu powder

Shao, H., Zhang, C., Wang, C., & Tan, Z. (2020) · 3 Biotech · doi:10.1007/s13205-020-02383-2 · Cited by 26

Scale-dependent tipping points of bacterial colonization resistance

Karita, Y., Limmer, D. T., & Hallatschek, O. (2022) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2115496119 · Cited by 26

Substrate degradation pathways, conserved functions and community composition of the hindgut microbiota in the herbivorous marine fish Kyphosus sydneyanus

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The importance of the gut microbiome and its signals for a healthy nervous system and the multifaceted mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders

Riehl, L., Fürst, J., Kress, M., & Rykalo, N. A. (2024) · Frontiers in Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnins.2023.1302957 · Cited by 30

Frontiers in mass spectrometry-based spatial metabolomics: Current applications and challenges in the context of biomedical research

Wheeler, K., Gosmanov, C., Sandoval, M. J., Yang, Z., & McCall, L. (2024) · TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.trac.2024.117713 · Cited by 32

Liposome Delivery of Nucleic Acids in Bacteria: Toward In Vivo Labeling of Human Microbiota

Moreira, L. F., Guimarães, N., Pereira, S., Santos, R. S., Loureiro, J. A., Pereira, M. D. C., & Azevedo, N. F. (2022) · ACS Infectious Diseases · doi:10.1021/acsinfecdis.1c00601 · Cited by 25

Impact of crowding on the diversity of expanding populations

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Plant miRNA bol-miR159 Regulates Gut Microbiota Composition in Mice: In Vivo Evidence of the Crosstalk between Plant miRNAs and Intestinal Microbes

Xu, Q., Qin, X., Zhang, Y., Xu, K., Li, Y., Li, Y., Qi, B., Li, Y., Yang, X., & Wang, X. (2023) · Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.3c06104 · Cited by 26

SAMPL-seq reveals micron-scale spatial hubs in the human gut microbiome

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Human intestinal models to study interactions between intestine and microbes

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Enteric viruses exploit the microbiota to promote infection

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Selective Regional Alteration of the Gut Microbiota by Diet and Antibiotics

Poteres, E., Hubert, N., Poludasu, S., Brigando, G., Moore, J., Keeler, K., Isabelli, A., Ibay, I. C. V., Alt, L., Pytynia, M., et al. (2020) · Frontiers in Physiology · doi:10.3389/fphys.2020.00797 · Cited by 24

Metagenomic analysis of ecological niche overlap and community collapse in microbiome dynamics

Fujita, H., Ushio, M., Suzuki, K. T., Abe, M., Yamamichi, M., Okazaki, Y., Canarini, A., Hayashi, I., Fukushima, K., Fukuda, S., et al. (2023) · Frontiers in Microbiology · doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1261137 · Cited by 23

Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Regulation Induces Morphological Change in a Key Host Tissue during the Euprymna scolopes-Vibrio fischeri Symbiosis

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Formation and emergent dynamics of spatially organized microbial systems

Cremin, K., Duxbury, S. J. N., Rosko, J., & Soyer, O. S. (2023) · Interface Focus · doi:10.1098/rsfs.2022.0062 · Cited by 23

Starvation responses impact interaction dynamics of human gut bacteriaBacteroides thetaiotaomicronandRoseburia intestinalis

Liu, B., Garza, D. R., Gonze, D., Krzynowek, A., Simoens, K., Bernaerts, K., Geirnaert, A., & Faust, K. (2023) · The ISME Journal · doi:10.1038/s41396-023-01501-1 · Cited by 28

Impact of bacteriocin-producing strains on bacterial community composition in a simplified human intestinal microbiota

Colombo, N. S. R., Pérez-Ibarreche, M., Draper, L. A., O’Connor, P. M., Field, D., Ross, R. P., & Hill, C. (2023) · Frontiers in Microbiology · doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1290697 · Cited by 23

An Integrated Multi-Disciplinary Perspective for Addressing Challenges of the Human Gut Microbiome

Shah, R., McKenzie, E. J., Rosin, M., Jadhav, S. R., Gondalia, S. V., Rosendale, D., & Beale, D. J. (2020) · Metabolites · doi:10.3390/metabo10030094 · Cited by 25

Transcript Barcoding Illuminates the Expression Level of Synthetic Constructs in E. coli Nissle Residing in the Mammalian Gut

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Classical methods and perspectives for manipulating the human gut microbial ecosystem

Avalos, J. A. J., Arrevillaga-Boni, G., González‐López, L., García-Carvajal, Z. Y., & González‐Ávila, M. (2020) · Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition · doi:10.1080/10408398.2020.1724075 · Cited by 23

The case for microbial intervention at weaning

Flores, J. N., Lubin, J., & Silverman, M. A. (2024) · Gut Microbes · doi:10.1080/19490976.2024.2414798 · Cited by 23

Systems biology of dry eye: Unraveling molecular mechanisms through multi-omics integration

Zhang, Z., Liu, C., Zhao, L., & Yao, J. (2024) · The Ocular Surface · doi:10.1016/j.jtos.2024.12.010 · Cited by 24

How the Physical Environment Shapes the Microbiota

Tropini, C. (2021) · mSystems · doi:10.1128/msystems.00675-21 · Cited by 22

Understanding the Link Between Gut Microbiome and Urinary Stone Disease

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The impact of probiotics and lactoferrin supplementation on piglet gastrointestinal microbial communities

Grzywacz, K., Butcher, J., Romain, G., Li, J. S. Y., & Stintzi, A. P. (2019) · BioMetals · doi:10.1007/s10534-019-00195-3 · Cited by 22

Long-term homeostasis in microbial consortia via auxotrophic cross-feeding

Grandel, N. E., Alexander, A. M., Peng, X., Palamountain, C., Alnahhas, R. N., Hirning, A. J., Josić́, K., & Bennett, M. R. (2025) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-025-63575-z · Cited by 22

Bacterial biomechanics—From individual behaviors to biofilm and the gut flora

Ishikawa, T., Omori, T., & Kikuchi, K. (2020) · APL Bioengineering · doi:10.1063/5.0026953 · Cited by 21

A Review of the Molluscan Microbiome: Ecology, Methodology and Future

Chalifour, B., & Li, J. (2021) · Malacologia · doi:10.4002/040.063.0208 · Cited by 21

Microbiota regulates the turnover kinetics of gut macrophages in health and inflammation

Chen, Q., Nair, S., & Ruedl, C. (2021) · Life Science Alliance · doi:10.26508/lsa.202101178 · Cited by 21

Control of bacterial colonization in the glands and crypts

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Spatial transcriptomics maps host–gut microbiome biogeography at high resolution

Ntekas, I., Takayasu, L., McKellar, D. W., Grodner, B., Holdener, C., Schweitzer, P. A., Park, Y. S., Sauthoff, M., Shi, Q., Brito, I., et al. (2026) · Nature Microbiology · doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02286-7 · Cited by 20

Visualization of Bacterial Colonization and Cellular Layers in a Gut-on-a-Chip System Using Optical Coherence Tomography

Yuan, L., de Haan, P., Peterson, B. W., de Jong, E., Verpoorte, E. M. J., van der Mei, H. C., & Busscher, H. J. (2020) · Microscopy and Microanalysis · doi:10.1017/s143192762002454x · Cited by 20

Altered intestinal epithelial nutrient transport: an underappreciated factor in obesity modulated by diet and microbiota

Sundaram, S., & Borthakur, A. (2021) · Biochemical Journal · doi:10.1042/bcj20200902 · Cited by 21

Persistence and dynamics of fluorescent Lactobacillus plantarum in the healthy versus inflamed gut

Salomé‐Desnoulez, S., Poiret, S., Foligné, B., Muharram, G., Peucelle, V., Lafont, F., & Daniel, C. (2021) · Gut Microbes · doi:10.1080/19490976.2021.1897374 · Cited by 22

Regional specialization of macrophages along the gastrointestinal tract

Berthold, D. L., Jones, K. D. J., & Udalova, I. A. (2021) · Trends in Immunology · doi:10.1016/j.it.2021.07.006 · Cited by 21

A neural network‐based framework to understand the type 2 diabetes‐related alteration of the human gut microbiome

Guo, S., Zhang, H., Chu, Y., Jiang, Q., & Ma, Y. (2022) · iMeta · doi:10.1002/imt2.20 · Cited by 19

Colon mucus in colorectal neoplasia and beyond

Loktionov, A. S. (2022) · World Journal of Gastroenterology · doi:10.3748/wjg.v28.i32.4475 · Cited by 20

Host individual and gut location are more important in gut microbiota community composition than temporal variation in the marine herbivorous fish Kyphosus sydneyanus

Pisaniello, A., Handley, K. M., White, W. L., Angert, E. R., Boey, J. S., & Clements, K. D. (2023) · BMC Microbiology · doi:10.1186/s12866-023-03025-2 · Cited by 19

Gut homeostasis at a glance

Choo, J., Glisovic, N., & Vignjevic, D. M. (2022) · Journal of Cell Science · doi:10.1242/jcs.260248 · Cited by 19

Role of sulfidogenic members of the gut microbiota in human disease

Pimenta, A. I., Bernardino, R. M., & Pereira, I. A. C. (2024) · Advances in microbial physiology/Advances in Microbial Physiology · doi:10.1016/bs.ampbs.2024.04.003 · Cited by 18

De-biasing microbiome sequencing data: bacterial morphology-based correction of extraction bias and correlates of chimera formation

Rauer, L., Tomassi, A. D., Müller, C. L., Hülpüsch, C., Traidl‐Hoffmann, C., Reiger, M., & Neumann, A. U. (2025) · Microbiome · doi:10.1186/s40168-024-01998-4 · Cited by 18

Nutrient acquisition of gut microbiota: Implications for tumor immunity

Wang, Y., Huang, J., Tong, H., Jiang, Y., Yu, J., & Ma, X. (2025) · Seminars in Cancer Biology · doi:10.1016/j.semcancer.2025.06.003 · Cited by 19

Risk Factors for Incident Inflammatory Bowel Disease According to Disease Phenotype

Lopes, E. W., Lochhead, P. J., Burke, K. E., Richter, J. M., Ananthakrishnan, A. N., Chan, A. T., & Khalili, H. (2022) · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology · doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2022.01.003 · Cited by 18

Protective Effect of Levilactobacillus brevis Against Yersinia enterocolitica Infection in Mouse Model via Regulating MAPK and NF-κB Pathway

Shi, Z., Guan, N., Sun, W., Sun, T., Niu, L.-D., Li, J., & Ge, J.-W. (2022) · Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins · doi:10.1007/s12602-022-09957-x · Cited by 17

Achieving spatially precise diagnosis and therapy in the mammalian gut using synthetic microbial gene circuits

Robinson, C. M., Short, N. E., & Riglar, D. T. (2022) · Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology · doi:10.3389/fbioe.2022.959441 · Cited by 16

Eco-evolutionary implications of helminth microbiomes

Salloum, P. M., Jorge, F., Dheilly, N. M., & Poulin, R. (2023) · Journal of Helminthology · doi:10.1017/s0022149x23000056 · Cited by 18

Single-cell analysis and spatial resolution of the gut microbiome

Madhu, B., Miller, B. M., & Levy, M. (2023) · Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology · doi:10.3389/fcimb.2023.1271092 · Cited by 18

Microbial Physiology of the Digestive Tract and Its Role in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

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Engineering dual-glycan responsive expression systems for tunable production of heterologous proteins in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

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Enzyme-Treated Soybean Meal Replacing Extruded Full-Fat Soybean Affects Nitrogen Digestibility, Cecal Fermentation Characteristics and Bacterial Community of Newly Weaned Piglets

Li, H., Yin, J., He, X., Li, Z., Tan, B., Jiang, Q., Chen, J., & Ma, X. (2021) · Frontiers in Veterinary Science · doi:10.3389/fvets.2021.639039 · Cited by 18

In situ analysis of variations of arsenicals, microbiome and transcriptome profiles along murine intestinal tract

Liu, X., Wang, J., Deng, H., Zhong, X., Li, C., Luo, Y. H., Chen, L., Zhang, B., Wang, D., Huang, Y., et al. (2021) · Journal of Hazardous Materials · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127899 · Cited by 18

Gut Metagenome Reveals the Microbiome Signatures in Tibetan and Black Pigs

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