I have not been keeping up with my review of the latest news. It’s time to do some catch-up. This covers news from July and August.
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- The most interesting is this study looking at the bacteriocins (antibiotics produced by bacteria against other bacteria)
- The most interesting is this study looking at the bacteriocins (antibiotics produced by bacteria against other bacteria)
Table 1
Number of putative bacteriocin gene cluster identified in 238 complete genomes
|
Genera |
Class I |
Class II |
Class III |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Lanthipeptide I |
Lanthipeptide II |
Cyclic peptide |
Sactipeptide |
Glycocin |
Lasso peptide |
LAP |
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|
Aerococcus (1) |
0 |
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|
Bifidobacterium (31) |
2 |
2 |
4 |
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|
Carnobacterium (3) |
1 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
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|
Enterococcus (12) |
3 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
7 |
25 |
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|
Lactobacillus (59) |
16 |
23 |
3 |
86 |
76 |
204 |
||||
|
Lactococcus (13) |
3 |
7 |
1 |
20 |
1 |
32 |
||||
|
Leuconostoc (8) |
1 |
6 |
7 |
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|
Oenococcus (1) |
1 |
1 |
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|
Pediococcus (3) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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|
Streptococcus (105) |
16 |
22 |
15 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
33 |
388 |
10 |
500 |
|
Tetragenococcus (1) |
1 |
1 |
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|
Weisella (1) |
0 |
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|
TOTAL |
19 |
29 |
41 |
15 |
29 |
4 |
37 |
514 |
97 |
785 |
- Small intestine bacteria key in fat uptake, suggests mouse data
- A Dietary Fiber-Deprived Gut Microbiota Degrades the Colonic Mucus Barrier and Enhances Pathogen Susceptibility [src]
- Consuming 25 grams of cricket powder per day may alter specific populations of beneficial gut bacteria, a double-blind, randomized crossover trial conducted at Colorado State University indicated. [src]
- High Dose Vitamin D supplementation alters faecal microbiome and predisposes mice to more severe colitis [src]
- “Drinking tart cherry juice may improve gut health, says new study (5 days, 8 oz. daily) “[src] NOTE: Difference of impact:
” In the human study, two distinct and inverse responses to tart cherry consumption were associated with initial levels of Bacteroides. High-Bacteroides individuals responded with a decrease in Bacteroides and Bifidobacterium, and an increase of Lachnospiraceae, Ruminococcus and Collinsella. Low-Bacteroides individuals responded with an increase in Bacteroides or Prevotella and Bifidobacterium, and a decrease of Lachnospiraceae, Ruminococcus and Collinsella.” - Lactobacillus murinus could protect against the damaging effects of a high-salt diet. [src]
- ” by feeding indigestible starch, involved a species that cannot itself degrade the starch (Bifidobacterium animalis) but cohabits with a species that can (Bifidobacterium pseudolongum). B. pseudolongum has the characteristics of a keystone species in the community because it had low abundance but high ability to perform a critical function, the hydrolysis of resistant starch.” [src]
- Scientific Analysis Shows Probiotic Use is Associated with Fewer Antibiotic Prescriptions [src]
- ” the mechanisms that gut bacterial species use to jostle for space and resources and maintain their populations in the face of intense and varied competition. Bacteria have evolved a range of antibiotics, bacteriocins, toxins, and delivery devices to enable interspecies conflict. These interbacterial weapons possess a spectrum of specificities and range from those that target strains of their own species to broad-acting bacteriocides.” [src]
- Disease
- “Does Parkinson’s Begin in the Gut? – Scientific American“
- A new study has shown that a single genetic change in a bacterium of the gut microbiome can lead to metabolic diseases such as obesity. [src]
- Probiotics for Depression | Psychology Today
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