Sentences with phrase «of microbial function»

In dogs and cats we have some knowledge of the structure of microbiomes and we now need a greater understanding in pets of microbial function, host - microbe interactions and the role of nutrition.

Systemic toxicity — a side effect of extreme disruption of microbial function throughout your body; beneficial microbes in particular, allowing for overgrowth of pathogens

The focus of the Microbiome Ideas Challenge is the development of new tools and methods that will help transition the field of microbiome research from correlative studies — i.e., genomics - driven microbial censusing efforts — to causal understanding of microbial function.

Not exact matches

As ecosystems of the human environment change during development, pregnancy, or with changing diets, which bacterial species remain or how these microbial species function may shift is slowly becoming understood.

The natural world functions best with a rich diversity of species, both at human scale and in the microbial universe.

At the same time, altered water availability and enhanced photosynthesis can change the amount of leaf, root and below ground microbial biomass, resulting in changes to ecosystem functioning.

Such predictions are «a function of size, and we don't know size,» says microbial geochemist Samantha B. Joye of the University of Georgia.

Using metabolic function analyses of identified genes, we compared our human genome with the average content of previously sequenced microbial genomes.

The human gut consists of up to 100 trillion microbial cells that influence metabolism, nutrition and immune function.

The junk food diet also reduced the abundance of microbial species capable of metabolising flavonoids, which have been suggested to not only assist in weight loss but also exert neuro - protective functions within the brain.

«Like a «Transformer», this protein of the Ebola virus adopts different shapes for different functions,» said Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbial Science at TSRI.

Efforts to obtain and study genomes and enrichment cultures of uncultivated microbial lineages will likely further expand our knowledge about archaeal phylogenetic and metabolic diversity and their cell biology and ecological function.

Sediment - covered basalt on the flanks of mid-ocean ridges constitutes most of Earth's oceanic crust, but the composition and metabolic function of its microbial ecosystem are largely unknown.

University of British Columbia researchers may have discovered a key to understanding the constantly changing distribution of microbial species in the world's oceans — classify microorganisms by their biochemical function, rather than by their taxonomy.

A University of British Columbia mathematician may have discovered a key to understanding the constantly changing distribution of microbial species in the world's oceans — classify microorganisms by their biochemical function, rather than by their taxonomy.

«The finding turns our view of the function of sex by 180 degrees,» says microbial geneticist Joseph Heitman of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

«We have become increasingly aware of how crucially important a healthy gut microbial population is for a well - functioning immune system.

Working out the functions of these microbial genes is a big challenge because many of the microbes that live within us are extremely reluctant to grow when cultured under laboratory conditions.

Hu et al. and Zhang et al. use cryo — electron microscopy to uncover the structural and biochemical basis of two such receptors: NAIP2, which directly binds microbial ligands, and NLRC4, a protein functioning directly downstream.

The system is an evolutionarily ancient branch of the immune response and a key function is marking microbial and dying host cells for elimination.

Elucidating functions of commensal microbial genes in the mammalian gut is challenging because many commensals are recalcitrant to laboratory cultivation and genetic manipulation.

The striking similarity of the recipient's and donor's intestinal microbiota following after bacteriotherapy suggests that the donor's bacteria quickly occupied their requisite niches resulting in restoration of both the structure and function of the microbial communities present.

Divergence of dominant factors in soil microbial communities and functions in forest ecosystems along a climatic gradient — Zhiwei Xu — Biogeosciences

Analogous methods for targeted manipulation of microbial species in an ecosystem could play a similarly transformative role in dissecting microbial function.

Just like we test hypotheses about the functions of genes in genetic networks by knocking them out and replacing them, we need methods to selectively remove or inhibit specific microbes or metabolisms in microbial networks to determine their roles,» Brodie added.

He is now a researcher at Florida International University where he will continue to pursue his studies of the interactions between soft - sediment metazoan and microbial assemblages and the impact this has on biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem function.

The focus of the Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge is to develop new tools and methods that specifically catalyze discovery in understanding microbial function.

«I view the Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge as a catalyst, a program that brings new approaches and new people into the field to rapidly increase our understanding of microbial communities» functions and mechanisms,» said Tim Donohue, Past President, ASM.

«To move beyond cataloging microbes, we will need new tools to rapidly determine microbial gene function and monitor the chemicals microbes use to communicate and interact with their environment, and new ways to visualize and model those interactions,» said Eoin Brodie, a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Earth Sciences Division and an author of the proposal.

While science has told us that intestinal microbes in the gut are intimately linked to the cause of IBD, only a limited number of these enormously complex microbial agents have been identified and their functions have remained largely unknown.

During his post-doctoral years he developed an interest in the contribution of uncultured microbes to the maintenance and function of ecosystems i.e. molecular microbial ecology.

Recent discoveries have revealed that the vast majority of life on our planet is microbial; however, still lacking is an understanding of how microbes function and the role that specific microbes play in regulating host physiology and health.

The Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge aims to spur the development of new tools and methods that catalyze discovery in understanding microbial function.

Two very interesting approaches driven by new insights into the microbiome as a whole involve mimicking or modifying these microbial communities, either by using bugs themselves as drugs, or by developing traditional therapeutics that reproduce the function of the microbiome.

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In the article «Ecological communities by design,» Fredrickson discusses how synthetic ecology — the design and construction of microbial communities with desirable properties — requires new knowledge on how communities function.

Attacking this function, and other mechanisms that promote survival of the bacteria in the urinary tract, may be a strategy for new microbial agents, authors say.

Metagenomics is the high - throughput sequencing of microbial community DNA extracts and, because it directly sequences this DNA, it can be used to characterize changes in the genes themselves and their function.

Modulation of the efficiency of trace metal phytoremediation by Sedum plumbizincicola by microbial community structure and function — Jinyu Hou — Plant and Soil

Today, microbes continue to evolve in response to an ever - changing environment, and microbial ecosystems still govern the biogeochemical cycling of the planet and profoundly affect the function of all other living organisms.

Achberger will be continuing the research to sequence the DNA, which will show just what types of microbial life they found and how each of these function in the ecosystem.

Antje Boetius and her team are renowned for their contributions to the diversity and function of life associated with seafloor processes, including pelagobenthic coupling, gas seepage and fluid flow, and the structure, function and dynamics of microbial communities of the ocean floor.

Studies have shown that vitamin B12 can help improve digestion by contributing to the «structure and function of human gut microbial communities» (21.)

The effect of diet on the gluconeogenic capacity of rat - kidney - cortex slices [5] Liver and kidney metabolism during prolonged starvation [6] Unrecognized Pandemic «Subclinical» Diabetes of the Affluent Nations: Causes, Cost and Prevention [7] Carbohydrates and Immune Function [8] Overexpression of glut1 and glut3 in stage I nonsmall cell lung carcinoma is Associated with poor survival [9] The in?uence of diet on the mucin carbohydrates in the chick intestinal tract [10] Rat intestinal mucosal responses to a microbial flora and different diets [12] Chronic Ethanol Induced Impairment of Hepatic Glycosylation Machinery in Rat Is Independent of Dietary Carbohydrate [13] Glycosylation in Cellular Mechanisms of Health and Disease [14] Metabolic Aberrations Associated with Arginine Deficiency [15] Glycerol gluconeogenesis in fasting humans

Melatonin protects against chemical, free radical, microbial and heavy metal damage that lead to degeneration of brain structure and function.

The same study noted that when your microbial ecosystem is in a state of dysbiosis, gut bacteria can produce substances like D - lactic acid and ammonia, which can exert neurotoxic properties and impede the function of the nervous system.

They also provide a list of mechanisms for protection from chronic disease that may serve as research targets, including clinical disease, protection from oxidation, improved insulin and fat metabolism, antiinflammatory action, anticlotting action, improved bowel function and microbial milieu, stimulation of protective enzymes, prevention of DNA damage, and enhancement of DNA repair.

A gastroenterology research team revealed that certain types of microbial ecosystems are linked to anxiety and impaired brain function (17).

``... dietary composition ultimately affects the structure, organization, function, and speciation of the human microbiome occupying the GI tract, in part by supplying multiple substrates for microbial metabolism.

Indeed, scientists still aren't sure exactly which microbial species are part of a healthy microbiome, nor do they know whether certain bacterial strains are absolutely vital to mental functioning, or whether the right balance is what's key.