2023
Cross-feeding in the gut microbiome: Ecology and mechanisms
Culp E, Goodman A. Cross-feeding in the gut microbiome: Ecology and mechanisms. Cell Host & Microbe 2023, 31: 485-499. PMID: 37054671, PMCID: PMC10125260, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.03.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost healthHost-microbe interactionsSpecies fitnessMicrobe-microbeEvolutionary implicationsMicrobial inhabitantsGut communitiesTrophic networksMicrobial communitiesTrophic levelsMammalian gutPrimary fermentersMetabolic outputDifferent microbesAmino acidsGut commensalsCooperative interactionsGut microbiomeNegative interactionsFitnessMutualismEcologyMicrobesEmergent roleCofactor
2013
Experimental Approaches for Defining Functional Roles of Microbes in the Human Gut
Dantas G, Sommer MO, Degnan PH, Goodman AL. Experimental Approaches for Defining Functional Roles of Microbes in the Human Gut. Annual Review Of Microbiology 2013, 67: 459-475. PMID: 24024637, PMCID: PMC4718711, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-092412-155642.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMicrobial communitiesFree-living microbial communitiesHigh-throughput DNA sequencingCulture-independent surveysGenome sequence projectHuman gutHost-microbe interactionsGut microbial communityMicrobial genomesGene contentMicrobial genesModel organismsHost-microbiota relationshipFunctional roleDNA sequencingFunction strategyModel systemExperimental approachUnderlying mechanismGenomeGutGenesMicrobesOrganismsSpecies