A recent study found that mice with high
levels of bacterial strains were at higher risk of insulin resistance, obesity, and out - of - control hunger.
The study, published this week in mBio ®, an open - access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, highlights the advances in genomic sequencing that now enable precise tracking
of bacterial strains used in biological warfare and terrorist attacks around the world.
Harris Wang, a lead author on the study, and Assistant Professor at Columbia University, added: «The use of the TFUMseq approach could allow the rational design
of bacterial strains for various clinical applications, for example improving the ability of probiotic bacteria to colonize the gut, resisting colonization by pathogens, compensating for unbalanced diets, such as too much fat or sugar, or improving the function of the immune system to prevent diseases.»
The intervention diet also encouraged a select
group of bacterial strains responsible for producing short - chain fatty acid (SCFA), which again induced better glycaemic control, in part through increased glucagon - like - peptide - 1 (GLP - 1) and fasting PYY peptide.
Antibiotics were found to induce a growth - promoting effect in prepubertal children, possibly by altering their IM.4 The neonatal IM composition is influenced by prenatal and postnatal antibiotic exposure5 and other age - specific modifiers such as mode of delivery (natural birth vs cesarean delivery) and mother - to - infant
transfer of bacterial strains and human milk oligosaccharides via breastfeeding.
«With the microfluidic chip we can also answer, how bacteria communicate with each other, how they respond to stress or whether the
relationship of bacterial strains plays a role in adaptation strategies,» says van Nimwegen.
Recently the first potentially universal MenB vaccine — Bexsero — was awarded a license for use throughout Europe, but it has been estimated that in this country, this new vaccine should protect against 73 per
cent of the bacterial strains that cause the disease.
The work also showcases the important role that NGS can play in the quality control
monitoring of bacterial strain repositories around the world — to ensure that strains being used in experiments are truly what researchers think they are and to catch strain contamination when it happens.
Now, the first comprehensive genetic
comparison of the bacterial strains that cause the disease is shedding light on where leprosy originated and how it has followed people seemingly everywhere they've gone.
The paper, «Programmable
removal of bacterial strains by use of genome - targeting CRISPR - Cas systems,» is published online in the journal mBio.
Our DuPont ™ RiboPrinter ® is an automated molecular analysis instrument that allows NOW technicians to guarantee the identity, potency, and
purity of the bacterial strains used in NOW probiotic products.
This has been demonstrated through research showing that a healthy oral cavity has higher levels
of the bacterial strains Streptococcus salivarius and Streptococcus sanguinis, and lower amounts of Lactobacillus and Streptococcus mutans.
For example, the polyphenol antioxidants from grapes can increase levels
of a bacterial strain called Akkermansia muciniphila in the gut, simply because it loves to feed on them (study).
Because if you take it on an empty stomach, your stomach acids and bile will start to degrade the
potency of the bacterial strains... and ideally, you want these strains to make it to your intestines intact.
Because of the complex
coevolution of bacterial strains, cultivated through our food supply, and complementary to our inner microbiomes, we have an opportunity to use therapeutic foods to reeducate an immune system that has been drawn off course.
They also contain an excellent
mix of bacterial strains and species, though in much smaller quantities (Colony Forming Units or CFUs) than most other probiotic supplements.
All of the bacterial strains in these products have a safe history of use as food ingredients.
Some of the bacterial strains were resistant to antibiotics.
The number of treats sampled was small and not
all of these bacterial strains have been shown to infect humans.