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
2022
Gut colonization by Bacteroides requires translation by an EF‐G paralog lacking GTPase activity
Han W, Peng B, Wang C, Townsend G, Barry N, Peske F, Goodman A, Liu J, Rodnina M, Groisman E. Gut colonization by Bacteroides requires translation by an EF‐G paralog lacking GTPase activity. The EMBO Journal 2022, 42: embj2022112372. PMID: 36472247, PMCID: PMC9841332, DOI: 10.15252/embj.2022112372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEF-G1Protein synthesisGTPase activityGuanosine triphosphateElongation factor GCarbon starvationCellular processesStarvation conditionsBacteroides thetaiotaomicronFactor GSingular abilityAmino acidsCell growthParalogsMurine cecumTranslocationGut colonizationColonizationCellsRibosomesProteinStarvationThetaiotaomicronBacteriaFitness