Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities

UniFrac: a New Phylogenetic Method for Comparing Microbial Communities

Lozupone, C., & Knight, R. (2005) · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1128/aem.71.12.8228-8235.2005 · Cited by 8,227

Current challenges and best-practice protocols for microbiome analysis

Bharti, R., & Grimm, D. G. (2021) · Briefings in Bioinformatics · doi:10.1093/bib/bbz155 · Cited by 592

Microbes on a bottle: substrate, season and geography influence community composition of microbes colonizing marine plastic debris

Oberbeckmann, S., Osborn, A. M., & Duhaime, M. B. (2016) · PLOS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0159289 · Cited by 572

Microbiota-Derived Metabolites Suppress Arthritis by Amplifying Aryl-Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation in Regulatory B Cells

Rosser, E. C., Piper, C. J. M., Matei, D. E., Blair, P. A., Rendeiro, A. F., Orford, M., Alber, D. G., Krausgruber, T., Catalan, D., Klein, N., et al. (2020) · Cell Metabolism · doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2020.03.003 · Cited by 579

Early Respiratory Microbiota Composition Determines Bacterial Succession Patterns and Respiratory Health in Children

Biesbroek, G., Tsivtsivadze, E., Sanders, E. A. M., Montijn, R., Veenhoven, R. H., Keijser, B. J. F., & Bogaert, D. (2014) · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · doi:10.1164/rccm.201407-1240oc · Cited by 572

Spatial Variation in the Healthy Human Lung Microbiome and the Adapted Island Model of Lung Biogeography

Dickson, R. P., Erb-Downward, J. R., Freeman, C. M., McCloskey, L., Beck, J. M., Huffnagle, G. B., & Curtis, J. L. (2015) · Annals of the American Thoracic Society · doi:10.1513/annalsats.201501-029oc · Cited by 567

The gut microbiome in human neurological disease: A review

Tremlett, H., Bauer, K. C., Appel‐Cresswell, S., Finlay, B. B., & Waubant, E. (2017) · Annals of Neurology · doi:10.1002/ana.24901 · Cited by 535

Towards the Human Colorectal Cancer Microbiome

Marchesi, J. R., Dutilh, B. E., Hall, N., Peters, W. H. M., Roelofs, R., Boleij, A., & Tjalsma, H. (2011) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020447 · Cited by 552

The human gut microbiome as a screening tool for colorectal cancer

Zackular, J. P., Rogers, M. A. M., Ruffin, M. T., & Schloss, P. D. (2014) · Cancer Prevention Research · doi:10.1158/1940-6207.capr-14-0129 · Cited by 551

Microbial Dysbiosis Is Associated with Human Breast Cancer

Xuan, C., Shamonki, J. M., Chung, A., DiNome, M. L., Chung, M., Sieling, P. A., & Lee, D. J. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083744 · Cited by 543

Bacterial topography of the healthy human lower respiratory tract

Dickson, R. P., Erb-Downward, J. R., Freeman, C. M., McCloskey, L., Falkowski, N. R., Huffnagle, G. B., & Curtis, J. L. (2017) · mBio · doi:10.1128/mbio.02287-16 · Cited by 548

The truth about metagenomics: quantifying and counteracting bias in 16S rRNA studies

Vaginal Microbiome Consortium (additional members), Brooks, J. P., Edwards, D. J., Harwich, M. D., Rivera, M. C., Fettweis, J. M., Serrano, M. G., Reris, R. A., Sheth, N. U., Huang, B., et al. (2015) · BMC Microbiology · doi:10.1186/s12866-015-0351-6 · Cited by 528

Targeted restoration of the intestinal microbiota with a simple, defined bacteriotherapy resolves relapsing Clostridium difficile disease in mice

Lawley, T. D., Clare, S., Walker, A. W., Stares, M. D., Connor, T. R., Raisen, C., Goulding, D., Rad, R., Schreiber, F., Brandt, C., et al. (2012) · PLoS Pathogens · doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002995 · Cited by 540

Higher Fecal Short-Chain Fatty Acid Levels Are Associated with Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis, Obesity, Hypertension and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors

De la Cuesta-Zuluaga, J., Mueller, N., Álvarez-Quintero, R., Velásquez-Mejía, E., Sierra, J., Corrales-Agudelo, V., Carmona, J., Abad, J., & Escobar, J. (2018) · Nutrients · doi:10.3390/nu11010051 · Cited by 533

Characterising the bacterial microbiota across the gastrointestinal tracts of dairy cattle: membership and potential function

Mao, S., Zhang, M., Liu, J., & Zhu, W. (2015) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep16116 · Cited by 532

Diversity of the human skin microbiome early in life

Capone, K. A., Dowd, S. E., Stamatas, G. N., & Nikolovski, J. (2011) · Journal of Investigative Dermatology · doi:10.1038/jid.2011.168 · Cited by 532

Host genetics influence the rumen microbiota and heritable rumen microbial features associate with feed efficiency in cattle

Li, F., Li, C., Chen, Y., Liu, J., Zhang, C., Irving, B., Fitzsimmons, C., Plastow, G., & Guan, L. L. (2019) · Microbiome · doi:10.1186/s40168-019-0699-1 · Cited by 530

Exercise and the gut microbiome: A review of the evidence, potential mechanisms, and implications for human health

Mailing, L. J., Allen, J. M., Buford, T. W., Fields, C. J., & Woods, J. A. (2019) · Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews · doi:10.1249/jes.0000000000000183 · Cited by 521

Probiotic L. reuteri Treatment Prevents Bone Loss in a Menopausal Ovariectomized Mouse Model

Britton, R. A., Irwin, R., Quach, D., Schaefer, L., Zhang, J., Lee, T., Parameswaran, N., & McCabe, L. R. (2014) · Journal of Cellular Physiology · doi:10.1002/jcp.24636 · Cited by 499

Chapter 12: Human Microbiome Analysis

Morgan, X. C., & Huttenhower, C. (2012) · PLoS Computational Biology · doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002808 · Cited by 496

Impaired Carbohydrate Digestion and Transport and Mucosal Dysbiosis in the Intestines of Children with Autism and Gastrointestinal Disturbances

Williams, B. L., Hornig, M., Buie, T., Bauman, M. L., Cho Paik, M., Wick, I., Bennett, A., Jabado, O., Hirschberg, D. L., & Lipkin, W. I. (2011) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024585 · Cited by 492

Antibiotic-Induced Alterations of the Gut Microbiota Alter Secondary Bile Acid Production and Allow for Clostridium difficile Spore Germination and Outgrowth in the Large Intestine

Theriot, C. M., Bowman, A. A., & Young, V. B. (2016) · mSphere · doi:10.1128/msphere.00045-15 · Cited by 481

High-Throughput Sequencing and Metagenomics: Moving Forward in the Culture-Independent Analysis of Food Microbial Ecology

Ercolini, D. (2013) · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1128/aem.00256-13 · Cited by 479

Chronic sleep disruption alters gut microbiota, induces systemic and adipose tissue inflammation and insulin resistance in mice

Poroyko, V. A., Carreras, A., Khalyfa, A., Khalyfa, A. A., Leone, V., Peris, E., Almendros, I., Gileles-Hillel, A., Qiao, Z., Hubert, N., et al. (2016) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep35405 · Cited by 480

Dysbiosis Signature of Fecal Microbiota in Colorectal Cancer Patients

Wu, N., Yang, X., Zhang, R., Li, J., Xiao, X., Hu, Y., Chen, Y., Yang, F., Lu, N., Wang, Z., et al. (2013) · Microbial Ecology · doi:10.1007/s00248-013-0245-9 · Cited by 454

Intestinal microbiota containing Barnesiella species cures vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium colonization

Ubeda, C., Bucci, V., Caballero, S., Djukovic, A., Toussaint, N. C., Equinda, M., Lipuma, L., Ling, L., Gobourne, A., No, D., et al. (2013) · Infection and Immunity · doi:10.1128/iai.01197-12 · Cited by 466

Comparing bioinformatic pipelines for microbial 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing

Prodan, A., Tremaroli, V., Brolin, H., Zwinderman, A. H., Nieuwdorp, M., & Levin, E. (2020) · PLOS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0227434 · Cited by 462

Next-generation sequencing: insights to advance clinical investigations of the microbiome

Wensel, C. R., Pluznick, J. L., Salzberg, S. L., & Sears, C. L. (2022) · Journal of Clinical Investigation · doi:10.1172/jci154944 · Cited by 437

Sodium butyrate attenuates high-fat diet-induced steatohepatitis in mice by improving gut microbiota and gastrointestinal barrier

Zhou, D., Pan, Q., Xin, F.-Z., Zhang, R.-N., He, C.-X., Chen, G.-Y., Liu, C., Chen, Y.-W., & Fan, J.-G. (2017) · World Journal of Gastroenterology · doi:10.3748/wjg.v23.i1.60 · Cited by 441

Microbiota transplantation restores normal fecal bile acid composition in recurrent Clostridium difficile infection

Weingarden, A. R., Chen, C., Bobr, A., Yao, D., Lu, Y., Nelson, V. M., Sadowsky, M. J., & Khoruts, A. (2014) · American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology · doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00282.2013 · Cited by 423

Cultured Representatives of Two Major Phylogroups of Human Colonic Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Can Utilize Pectin, Uronic Acids, and Host-Derived Substrates for Growth

Lopez-Siles, M., Khan, T. M., Duncan, S. H., Harmsen, H. J. M., Garcia-Gil, L. J., & Flint, H. J. (2012) · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1128/aem.06858-11 · Cited by 433

The lung microbiome in moderate and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Pragman, A. A., Kim, H. B., Reilly, C. S., Wendt, C., & Isaacson, R. E. (2012) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047305 · Cited by 437

Composition and temporal stability of the gut microbiota in older persons

Jeffery, I. B., Lynch, D. B., & O’Toole, P. W. (2016) · The ISME Journal · doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.88 · Cited by 421

Relationships of gut microbiota, short-chain fatty acids, inflammation, and the gut barrier in Parkinson’s disease

Aho, V. T. E., Houser, M. C., Pereira, P. A. B., Chang, J., Rudi, K., Paulin, L., Hertzberg, V., Auvinen, P., Tansey, M. G., & Scheperjans, F. (2021) · Molecular Neurodegeneration · doi:10.1186/s13024-021-00427-6 · Cited by 435

Application of a Neutral Community Model To Assess Structuring of the Human Lung Microbiome

Venkataraman, A., Bassis, C. M., Beck, J. M., Young, V. B., Curtis, J. L., Huffnagle, G. B., & Schmidt, T. M. (2015) · mBio · doi:10.1128/mbio.02284-14 · Cited by 428

Structural changes of gut microbiota in Parkinson's disease and its correlation with clinical features

Li, W., Wu, X., Hu, X., Wang, T., Liang, S., Duan, Y., Jin, F., & Qin, B. (2017) · Science China Life Sciences · doi:10.1007/s11427-016-9001-4 · Cited by 406

Total fecal microbiota transplantation alleviates high-fat diet-induced steatohepatitis in mice via beneficial regulation of gut microbiota

Zhou, D., Pan, Q., Shen, F., Cao, H.-X., Ding, W.-J., Chen, Y.-W., & Fan, J.-G. (2017) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-017-01751-y · Cited by 421

Modulation of the human gut microbiota by dietary fibres occurs at the species level

Chung, W. S. F., Walker, A. W., Louis, P., Parkhill, J., Vermeiren, J., Bosscher, D., Duncan, S. H., & Flint, H. J. (2016) · BMC Biology · doi:10.1186/s12915-015-0224-3 · Cited by 409

Microbial signatures of health, gingivitis and periodontitis

Abusleme, L., Hoare, A., Hong, B., & Diaz, P. I. (2021) · Periodontology 2000 · doi:10.1111/prd.12362 · Cited by 400

Relationship between microbiota of the colonic mucosa vs feces and symptoms, colonic transit, and methane production in female patients with chronic constipation

Parthasarathy, G., Chen, J., Chen, X., Chia, N., O'Connor, H. M., Wolf, P. G., Gaskins, H. R., & Bharucha, A. E. (2016) · Gastroenterology · doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2015.10.005 · Cited by 396

NLRP6 Protects Il10 Mice from Colitis by Limiting Colonization of Akkermansia muciniphila

Seregin, S. S., Golovchenko, N., Schaf, B., Chen, J., Pudlo, N. A., Mitchell, J., Baxter, N. T., Zhao, L., Schloss, P. D., Martens, E. C., et al. (2017) · Cell Reports · doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2017.03.080 · Cited by 386

Lactose drives Enterococcus expansion to promote graft-versus-host disease

Stein-Thoeringer, C. K., Nichols, K. B., Lazrak, A., Docampo, M. D., Slingerland, A. E., Slingerland, J. B., Clurman, A. G., Armijo, G., Gomes, A. L. C., Shono, Y., et al. (2019) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aax3760 · Cited by 384

Microbiome-Driven Allergic Lung Inflammation Is Ameliorated by Short-Chain Fatty Acids

Cait, A., Hughes, M. R., Antignano, F., Cait, J., Dimitriu, P. A., Maas, K. R., Reynolds, L. A., Hacker, L., Mohr, J., Finlay, B. B., et al. (2018) · Mucosal Immunology · doi:10.1038/mi.2017.75 · Cited by 394

The Microbiome and Human Biology

Knight, R., Callewaert, C., Marotz, C., Hyde, E. R., Debelius, J. W., McDonald, D., & Sogin, M. L. (2017) · Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics · doi:10.1146/annurev-genom-083115-022438 · Cited by 373

Application of Novel PCR-Based Methods for Detection, Quantitation, and Phylogenetic Characterization of Sutterella Species in Intestinal Biopsy Samples from Children with Autism and Gastrointestinal Disturbances

Williams, B. L., Hornig, M., Parekh, T., & Lipkin, W. I. (2012) · mBio · doi:10.1128/mbio.00261-11 · Cited by 378

The interaction between vaginal microbiota, cervical length, and vaginal progesterone treatment for preterm birth risk

Kindinger, L. M., Bennett, P. R., Lee, Y. S., Marchesi, J. R., Smith, A., Cacciatore, S., Holmes, E., Nicholson, J. K., Teoh, T. G., & MacIntyre, D. A. (2017) · Microbiome · doi:10.1186/s40168-016-0223-9 · Cited by 372

It's all relative: analyzing microbiome data as compositions

Gloor, G. B., Wu, J. R., Pawlowsky-Glahn, V., & Egozcue, J. J. (2016) · Annals of Epidemiology · doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2016.03.003 · Cited by 323

Biodiversity intervention enhances immune regulation and health-associated commensal microbiota among daycare children

Roslund, M. I., Puhakka, R., Grönroos, M., Nurminen, N., Oikarinen, S., Gazali, A. M., Cinek, O., Kramná, L., Siter, N., Vari, H. K., et al. (2020) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.aba2578 · Cited by 363

Microbiota-based model improves the sensitivity of fecal immunochemical test for detecting colonic lesions

Baxter, N. T., Ruffin, M. T., Rogers, M. A. M., & Schloss, P. D. (2016) · Genome Medicine · doi:10.1186/s13073-016-0290-3 · Cited by 354

Crosstalk between B lymphocytes, microbiota and the intestinal epithelium governs immunity versus metabolism in the gut

Shulzhenko, N., Morgun, A., Hsiao, W., Battle, M., Yao, M., Gavrilova, O., Orandle, M., Mayer, L., Macpherson, A. J., McCoy, K. D., et al. (2011) · Nature Medicine · doi:10.1038/nm.2505 · Cited by 349

Unraveling microbial ecology of industrial-scale Kombucha fermentations by metabarcoding and culture-based methods

Coton, M., Pawtowski, A., Taminiau, B., Burgaud, G., Deniel, F., Coulloumme-Labarthe, L., Fall, A., Daube, G., & Coton, E. (2017) · FEMS Microbiology Ecology · doi:10.1093/femsec/fix048 · Cited by 333

MyD88 Signaling in T Cells Directs IgA-Mediated Control of the Microbiota to Promote Health

Kubinak, J. L., Petersen, C., Stephens, W. Z., Soto, R., Bake, E., O’Connell, R. M., & Round, J. L. (2015) · Cell Host & Microbe · doi:10.1016/j.chom.2014.12.009 · Cited by 328

A Taxonomic Signature of Obesity in the Microbiome? Getting to the Guts of the Matter

Finucane, M. M., Sharpton, T. J., Laurent, T. J., & Pollard, K. S. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084689 · Cited by 321

Intestinal microbiota associated with differential feed conversion efficiency in chickens

Stanley, D., Denman, S. E., Hughes, R. J., Geier, M. S., Crowley, T. M., Chen, H., Haring, V. R., & Moore, R. J. (2012) · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · doi:10.1007/s00253-011-3847-5 · Cited by 312

Fecal SCFAs and SCFA-producing bacteria in gut microbiome of human NAFLD as a putative link to systemic T-cell activation and advanced disease

Rau, M., Rehman, A., Dittrich, M., Groen, A. K., Hermanns, H. M., Seyfried, F., Beyersdorf, N., Dandekar, T., Rosenstiel, P., & Geier, A. (2018) · United European Gastroenterology Journal · doi:10.1177/2050640618804444 · Cited by 334

Cooperating Commensals Restore Colonization Resistance to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium

Caballero, S., Kim, S., Carter, R. A., Leiner, I. M., Sušac, B., Miller, L., Kim, G. J., Ling, L., & Pamer, E. G. (2017) · Cell Host & Microbe · doi:10.1016/j.chom.2017.04.002 · Cited by 308

Gut microbiota in Parkinson disease in a northern German cohort

Hopfner, F., Künstner, A., Müller, S. H., Künzel, S., Zeuner, K. E., Margraf, N. G., Deuschl, G., Baines, J. F., & Kuhlenbäumer, G. (2017) · Brain Research · doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2017.04.019 · Cited by 318

Bile acid is a significant host factor shaping the gut microbiome of diet-induced obese mice

Zheng, X., Huang, F., Zhao, A., Lei, S., Zhang, Y., Xie, G., Chen, T., Qu, C., Rajani, C., Dong, B., et al. (2017) · BMC Biology · doi:10.1186/s12915-017-0462-7 · Cited by 323

The Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcer Microbiome Is Associated With Clinical Factors

Gardner, S. E., Hillis, S. L., Heilmann, K., Segre, J. A., & Grice, E. A. (2013) · Diabetes · doi:10.2337/db12-0771 · Cited by 320

Prevotella and Klebsiella proportions in fecal microbial communities are potential characteristic parameters for patients with major depressive disorder

Lin, P., Ding, B., Feng, C., Yin, S., Zhang, T., Qi, X., Lv, H., Guo, X., Dong, K., Zhu, Y., et al. (2017) · Journal of Affective Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.jad.2016.09.051 · Cited by 311

Proton Pump Inhibitors Alter Specific Taxa in the Human Gastrointestinal Microbiome: A Crossover Trial

Freedberg, D. E., Toussaint, N. C., Chen, S. P., Ratner, A. J., Whittier, S., Wang, T. C., Wang, H. H., & Abrams, J. A. (2015) · Gastroenterology · doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2015.06.043 · Cited by 322

Supplementation of Lactobacillus curvatus HY7601 and Lactobacillus plantarum KY1032 in Diet-Induced Obese Mice Is Associated with Gut Microbial Changes and Reduction in Obesity

Park, D.-Y., Ahn, Y.-T., Park, S.-H., Huh, C.-S., Yoo, S.-R., Yu, R., Sung, M.-K., McGregor, R. A., & Choi, M.-S. (2013) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059470 · Cited by 317

Metagenomic approaches in microbial ecology: an update on whole-genome and marker gene sequencing analyses

Pérez-Cobas, A. E., Gomez-Valero, L., & Buchrieser, C. (2020) · Microbial Genomics · doi:10.1099/mgen.0.000409 · Cited by 314

High-throughput DNA sequence analysis reveals stable engraftment of gut microbiota following transplantation of previously frozen fecal bacteria

Hamilton, M. J., Weingarden, A. R., Unno, T., Khoruts, A., & Sadowsky, M. J. (2013) · Gut Microbes · doi:10.4161/gmic.23571 · Cited by 315

Familial transmission rather than defective innate immunity shapes the distinct intestinal microbiota of TLR-deficient mice

Ubeda, C., Lipuma, L., Gobourne, A., Viale, A., Leiner, I., Equinda, M., Khanin, R., & Pamer, E. G. (2012) · Journal of Experimental Medicine · doi:10.1084/jem.20120504 · Cited by 310

Distinct distal gut microbiome diversity and composition in healthy children from Bangladesh and the United States

Lin, A., Bik, E. M., Costello, E. K., Dethlefsen, L., Haque, R., Relman, D. A., & Singh, U. (2013) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053838 · Cited by 314

Sewage Reflects the Microbiomes of Human Populations

Newton, R. J., McLellan, S. L., Dila, D. K., Vineis, J. H., Morrison, H. G., Eren, A. M., & Sogin, M. L. (2015) · mBio · doi:10.1128/mbio.02574-14 · Cited by 299

Bacterial translocation and changes in the intestinal microbiome in mouse models of liver disease

Fouts, D. E., Torralba, M., Nelson, K. E., Brenner, D. A., & Schnabl, B. (2012) · Journal of Hepatology · doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2012.01.019 · Cited by 311

Similar Fecal Microbiota Signatures in Patients With Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Patients With Depression

Liu, Y., Zhang, L., Wang, X., Wang, Z., Zhang, J., Jiang, R., Wang, X., Wang, K., Liu, Z., Xia, Z., et al. (2016) · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology · doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2016.05.033 · Cited by 301

16S rRNA gene sequencing of mock microbial populations- impact of DNA extraction method, primer choice and sequencing platform

Fouhy, F., Clooney, A. G., Stanton, C., Claesson, M. J., & Cotter, P. D. (2016) · BMC Microbiology · doi:10.1186/s12866-016-0738-z · Cited by 310

The food-gut axis: lactic acid bacteria and their link to food, the gut microbiome and human health

De Filippis, F., Pasolli, E., & Ercolini, D. (2020) · FEMS Microbiology Reviews · doi:10.1093/femsre/fuaa015 · Cited by 303

Structure of the gut microbiome following colonization with human feces determines colonic tumor burden

Baxter, N. T., Zackular, J. P., Chen, G. Y., & Schloss, P. D. (2014) · Microbiome · doi:10.1186/2049-2618-2-20 · Cited by 299

Evaluation of 16S rDNA-Based Community Profiling for Human Microbiome Research

Jumpstart Consortium Human Microbiome Project Data Generation Working Group (2012) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039315 · Cited by 297

Diagnostic potential and interactive dynamics of the colorectal cancer virome

Hannigan, G. D., Duhaime, M. B., Ruffin, M. T., Koumpouras, C. C., & Schloss, P. D. (2018) · mBio · doi:10.1128/mbio.02248-18 · Cited by 298

Suppression of Clostridium difficile in the Gastrointestinal Tracts of Germfree Mice Inoculated with a Murine Isolate from the Family Lachnospiraceae

Reeves, A. E., Koenigsknecht, M. J., Bergin, I. L., & Young, V. B. (2012) · Infection and Immunity · doi:10.1128/iai.00647-12 · Cited by 292

Dietary nitrate improves vascular function in patients with hypercholesterolemia: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Velmurugan, S., Gan, J. M., Rathod, K. S., Khambata, R. S., Ghosh, S. M., Hartley, A., Van Eijl, S., Sagi-Kiss, V., Chowdhury, T. A., Curtis, M., et al. (2016) · The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · doi:10.3945/ajcn.115.116244 · Cited by 284

Ketogenic diet poses a significant effect on imbalanced gut microbiota in infants with refractory epilepsy

Xie, G., Zhou, Q., Qiu, C.-Z., Dai, W.-K., Wang, H.-P., Li, Y.-H., Liao, J.-X., Lu, X.-G., Lin, S.-F., Ye, J.-H., et al. (2017) · World Journal of Gastroenterology · doi:10.3748/wjg.v23.i33.6164 · Cited by 291

Antibiotics-induced depletion of mice microbiota induces changes in host serotonin biosynthesis and intestinal motility

Ge, X., Ding, C., Zhao, W., Xu, L., Tian, H., Gong, J., Zhu, M., Li, J., & Li, N. (2017) · Journal of Translational Medicine · doi:10.1186/s12967-016-1105-4 · Cited by 274

Microplastics alter composition of fungal communities in aquatic ecosystems

Kettner, M. T., Rojas‐Jimenez, K., Oberbeckmann, S., Labrenz, M., & Grossart, H. (2017) · Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13891 · Cited by 282

Dietary zinc alters the microbiota and decreases resistance to Clostridium difficile infection

Zackular, J. P., Moore, J. L., Jordan, A. T., Juttukonda, L. J., Noto, M. J., Nicholson, M. R., Crews, J. D., Semler, M. W., Zhang, Y., Ware, L. B., et al. (2016) · Nature Medicine · doi:10.1038/nm.4174 · Cited by 275

16S rRNA gene-based profiling of the human infant gut microbiota is strongly influenced by sample processing and PCR primer choice

Walker, A. W., Martin, J. C., Scott, P., Parkhill, J., Flint, H. J., & Scott, K. P. (2015) · Microbiome · doi:10.1186/s40168-015-0087-4 · Cited by 273

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with dysbiosis independent of body mass index and insulin resistance

Da Silva, H. E., Teterina, A., Comelli, E. M., Taibi, A., Arendt, B. M., Fischer, S. E., Lou, W., & Allard, J. P. (2018) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-018-19753-9 · Cited by 283

Gender-dependent consequences of chronic olanzapine in the rat: effects on body weight, inflammatory, metabolic and microbiota parameters

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