fecal microbiota
Microbial Ecology | SpotlightRapid Reconstitution of the Fecal Microbiome after Extended Diet-Induced Changes Indicates a Stable Gut Microbiome in Healthy Adult DogsDiet can influence the adult gut microbiome (the community of bacteria) and health outcomes, but the ability to make changes persisting beyond feeding of a particular diet is poorly understood. We investigated whether feeding highly purified diets to adult dogs for 36 weeks would alter bacterial populations sufficiently to result in a persistent change following the dogs’ return to a commercial diet. As expected, the microbiome changed...
Food MicrobiologyProbiotic Product Enhances Susceptibility of Mice to CryptosporidiosisThe results of our study show that C. parvum responded to changes in the intestinal microenvironment induced by a nutritional supplement. This outcome paves the way for research to identify nutritional interventions aimed at limiting the impact of cryptosporidiosis.
- Food Microbiology | SpotlightMediation Analysis as a Means of Identifying Dietary Components That Differentially Affect the Fecal Microbiota of Infants Weaned by Modified Baby-Led and Traditional Approaches
The introduction of solid foods (complementary feeding or weaning) to infants leads to more-complex compositions of microbial communities (microbiota or microbiome) in the gut. In baby-led weaning (BLW), infants are given only finger foods that they can pick up and feed themselves—there is no parental spoon-feeding of puréed baby foods—and infants are encouraged to eat family meals. BLW is a new approach to infant feeding that is...