2025
A human gut bacterium antagonizes neighboring bacteria by altering their protein-folding ability
Lim B, Xu J, Wierzbicki I, Gonzalez C, Chen Z, Gonzalez D, Gao X, Goodman A. A human gut bacterium antagonizes neighboring bacteria by altering their protein-folding ability. Cell Host & Microbe 2025, 33: 200-217.e24. PMID: 39909037, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2025.01.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman gut microbesChaperone complexGut microbesCommunity dynamicsHuman gut bacteriumProtein folding abilityProtein folding capacityHuman gut microbiomeMicrobial community dynamicsGut metagenomesNeighboring bacteriaExpression strainGut bacteriumMammalian gutFitness advantageGut microbiomeAllelic variationGenetic characterizationPathogen-induced inflammationSubstrate aggregationAntagonistic interactionsMicrobesRecipient cellsGutNeighboring cells
2024
Microbial transformation of dietary xenobiotics shapes gut microbiome composition
Culp E, Nelson N, Verdegaal A, Goodman A. Microbial transformation of dietary xenobiotics shapes gut microbiome composition. Cell 2024, 187: 6327-6345.e20. PMID: 39321800, PMCID: PMC11531382, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.08.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGut microbiomeHuman gut microbesGut microbiome compositionDiet-microbiome interactionsGut microbesCommunity compositionMicrobiome compositionMicrobial metabolismResponse to dietInterindividual variationMicrobiomeDietary xenobioticsMap interactionsGutMetabolic activityEnzymeXenobioticsDetoxificationGenesMicrobesResveratrolRemodelingTraitsInteractionVariationIntegrating the gut microbiome and pharmacology
Verdegaal A, Goodman A. Integrating the gut microbiome and pharmacology. Science Translational Medicine 2024, 16: eadg8357. PMID: 38295186, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adg8357.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
2019
Mapping human microbiome drug metabolism by gut bacteria and their genes
Zimmermann M, Zimmermann-Kogadeeva M, Wegmann R, Goodman AL. Mapping human microbiome drug metabolism by gut bacteria and their genes. Nature 2019, 570: 462-467. PMID: 31158845, PMCID: PMC6597290, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1291-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman gut bacteriaGut bacteriaHigh-throughput genetic analysisMicrobial gene productsDiverse cladeGene contentGenomic contentGene productsGenetic analysisMolecular mechanismsDrug metabolismBacteriaMultiple disease indicationsMetabolic activityDrug-metabolizing activityGut microbiomeMicrobiomeMetabolismDrug developmentMedical therapyTreatment delayMass spectrometryCladeDisease indicationsAdverse effects
2018
The Stringent Response Determines the Ability of a Commensal Bacterium to Survive Starvation and to Persist in the Gut
Schofield WB, Zimmermann-Kogadeeva M, Zimmermann M, Barry NA, Goodman AL. The Stringent Response Determines the Ability of a Commensal Bacterium to Survive Starvation and to Persist in the Gut. Cell Host & Microbe 2018, 24: 120-132.e6. PMID: 30008292, PMCID: PMC6086485, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarbon starvationStringent responseHuman gut bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicronTricarboxylic acid cycle genesMultiple biosynthetic pathwaysCycle genesCentral metabolismMammalian gutTriggers accumulationBiosynthetic pathwayBacteroides thetaiotaomicronDeficient strainMetabolic regulatorAlpha-ketoglutarate supplementationStarvationAlpha-ketoglutarateC labelingCommensal bacteriaMetabolomic analysisGut microbiomeCommensal bacteriumThetaiotaomicronBacteriaPathwayGut
2016
Human symbionts inject and neutralize antibacterial toxins to persist in the gut
Wexler AG, Bao Y, Whitney JC, Bobay LM, Xavier JB, Schofield WB, Barry NA, Russell AB, Tran BQ, Goo YA, Goodlett DR, Ochman H, Mougous JD, Goodman AL. Human symbionts inject and neutralize antibacterial toxins to persist in the gut. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: 3639-3644. PMID: 26957597, PMCID: PMC4822603, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1525637113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman gut symbiontGut symbiontsMicrobial communitiesProminent Human Gut SymbiontHundreds of speciesHuman gut commensalGut microbial communityContact-dependent killingHuman gut microbiomeAntibacterial toxinsInterbacterial interactionsInteraction assaysCommunity compositionInterbacterial antagonismEffector lociImmunity genesMajor phylaSecretome studiesHuman symbiontsSymbiontsMicrobiome manipulationGut microbesGut commensalsMultiple mouse modelsGut microbiome
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