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from endogenous sources (i.e. those from pathogens within the patient’s own microbiome) are responsible for a given SSI, remains unknown. While there is little doubt that intraoperative contamination from local environmental sources can certainly lead
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on the mode of delivery is a proposed underlying etiology for the sequela experienced by individuals born by cesarean section. When an infant is born vaginally, there is vertical transmission of the vaginal and rectal microbiome to the infant, with
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, metabolomics has experienced a significant surge in interest, largely due to its growing role in analyzing the effect and function of the microbiome. The gut microbiome in particular, comprising a multitude of different bacterial, fungal and archeal species, is
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Introduction The role of the gut microbiome in animal health has been of increasing interest in wildlife medicine ( Sugden et al. 2020 , Gillman et al. 2022 ) and conservation ( Redford et al. 2012 , Bahrndorff et al. 2016
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, Greicius & Virshup 2019 ). Recently, the human microbiome has emerged as another source of factors that regulate the function of ISCs. The advent of the Human Microbiome Project resulted in a wealth of information regarding the putative microbial
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environment. In humans, microbiomes directly impact host health in many ways through immune and brain function, as well as energy storage and use ( Clemente et al. 2012 , Nicholson et al. 2012 ). Presumably, microbiomes have similarly strong influences on
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. Emerging evidence suggests that human milk contains a dynamic microbiota, which helps infants to colonise the gut microbiome development, trains and matures the immune system and prevents colonisation by potential pathogens ( Fernandez et al. 2013 , Ruiz
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, Turnbaugh et al. 2007 , Neish 2009 , Thursby & Juge 2017 ). The entity of microbial genes present in this ecosystem is known as the microbiome ( Lederberg & McCray 2001 , Hooper et al. 2002 , Qin et al. 2010 ). Residing in the gut lumen, the
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Introduction Omics technological breakthroughs contributed to the field of intestinal microbiome analysis over the past decade ( Ng et al. 2023 ). The intestinal microbiome is a complex microbial community residing in the gastrointestinal
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bedding and allowed time to roam the cage and deposit fecal matter at will. Two pellets were collected and frozen immediately for 16S rRNA gene sequencing. These frozen samples were shipped to the University of Toledo Microbiome Core for further processing
