2021
Vaginal microbiome topic modeling of laboring Ugandan women with and without fever
Movassagh M, Bebell L, Burgoine K, Hehnly C, Zhang L, Moran K, Sheldon K, Sinnar S, Mbabazi-Kabachelor E, Kumbakumba E, Bazira J, Ochora M, Mulondo R, Nsubuga B, Weeks A, Gladstone M, Olupot-Olupot P, Ngonzi J, Roberts D, Meier F, Irizarry R, Broach J, Schiff S, Paulson J. Vaginal microbiome topic modeling of laboring Ugandan women with and without fever. Npj Biofilms And Microbiomes 2021, 7: 75. PMID: 34508087, PMCID: PMC8433417, DOI: 10.1038/s41522-021-00244-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntrapartum feverClinical variablesHigh prevalenceVaginal microbiomeUgandan womenLonger labour durationMaternal clinical featuresYoung maternal ageDuration of pregnancyOnset of laborMicrobial communitiesVaginal microbial communitiesAfebrile mothersFebrile mothersPeripartum courseMaternal feverNeonatal outcomesLabor durationClinical featuresMaternal ageVaginal microbesFeverOutcome riskVeillonella genusMicrobiome influences
2019
Pathogen-induced activation of disease-suppressive functions in the endophytic root microbiome
Carrión V, Perez-Jaramillo J, Cordovez V, Tracanna V, de Hollander M, Ruiz-Buck D, Mendes L, van Ijcken W, Gomez-Exposito R, Elsayed S, Mohanraju P, Arifah A, van der Oost J, Paulson J, Mendes R, van Wezel G, Medema M, Raaijmakers J. Pathogen-induced activation of disease-suppressive functions in the endophytic root microbiome. Science 2019, 366: 606-612. PMID: 31672892, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw9285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBacteriaBacterial Physiological PhenomenaBacteroidetesBeta vulgarisBiodiversityChitinasesDisease ResistanceEndophytesFlavobacteriumGenes, BacterialGenome, BacterialMetagenomeMicrobiotaMutagenesis, Site-DirectedPeptide SynthasesPlant DiseasesPlant RootsPolyketide SynthasesRhizoctoniaSoil MicrobiologyConceptsEndophytic root microbiomeNonribosomal peptide synthetasesGene clusterPolyketide synthaseRoot microbiomeBiosynthetic gene clusterInfection of plant rootsFungal root diseasesSite-directed mutagenesisPromote plant growthGenome reconstructionPeptide synthetasesRoot endosphereFunctional traitsNRPS-PKSFunctional diversityChitinase geneEndophytic consortiaFungal infectionsDisease suppressionRoot diseasePlant growthNetwork inferenceDisease-suppressive functionsPlant roots