ReviewNature microbiology2017
An insider's perspective: Bacteroides as a window into the microbiome.
Review in Nature microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 355 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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355 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 647 citations in OpenAlex.
- Fecal microbiota transplantation in obesity: a comprehensive overview from basic research to clinical application.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Pooled it
- Maternal Prenatal Stress and the Offspring Gut Microbiome: A Cross-Species Systematic Review.Developmental psychobiology · 2025Pooled it
- Controlled colonization of the human gut with a genetically engineered microbial therapeutic.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Trial
- Microbiome and Metabolome Restoration After Administration of Fecal Microbiota, Live-jslm (REBYOTA) for Preventing Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Trial
- Determination of Gene-Level Fitness Contributions Across the Mucin-Utilization Network of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Synergy between Enterobacteriaceae and diet mediates competition between dominant Bacteroidales in the human gut.Nature microbiology · 2026Article
- Prenatal THC Exposure Differentially Alters Gut Physiology and Microbiota in Stress-Resilient and Vulnerable Mice.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Purine and pyrimidine-based bacterial cyclic dinucleotides egress the phagosome and activate the innate immune sensor STING.Immunity · 2026Article
- Farming practices exert selection pressures on the resistome of natural populations of house mice.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Gut microbe-derived short-chain fatty acids regulate alphavirus arthritis and macrophage activation in mice.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026Article
- A family of RRM-1 RNA binding proteins enables cold adaptation and environmental resilience inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Gastric Microbiota Dysbiosis and Microbiome-Based Interventions in Chronic Atrophic Gastritis.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Constitutive activation of a hybrid two-component regulator reveals cross-regulation of polysaccharide utilization genes in Bacteroides.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026Article
- Investigating the Effect of Ginger-Derived Nanovesicles on the Growth and Metabolic Activity ofJournal of extracellular biology · 2026Article
- Rational engineering of facultative anaerobiosis enables commensal survival in the oxygenated gut.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Persistent Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis in Pediatric Crohn's Disease: A Next-Generation Sequencing Pilot Study.Biomolecules · 2026Article
- Temporal variations in the gut microbiota of François' langur (Trachypithecus francoisi): implications for adaptation to seasonal dietary change and conservation.Animal microbiome · 2026Article
- Dual membrane-spanning anti-sigma 2 controls OMV biogenesis and colonization fitness inJournal of bacteriology · 2026Article
- Biochemistry of Human Gut Microbiota: Related Diseases and Dietary Interactions.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Gut Microbiota Modulation by Carboxymethyl Cellulose and Carrageenan: Current Evidence and Health Implications.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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Abstract
Over the last decade, our appreciation for the contribution of resident gut microorganisms-the gut microbiota-to human health has surged. However, progress is limited by the sheer diversity and complexity of these microbial communities. Compounding the challenge, the majority of our commensal microorganisms are not close relatives of Escherichia coli or other model organisms and have eluded culturing and manipulation in the laboratory. In this Review, we discuss how over a century of study of the readily cultured, genetically tractable human gut Bacteroides has revealed important insights into the biochemistry, genomics and ecology that make a gut bacterium a gut bacterium. While genome and metagenome sequences are being produced at breakneck speed, the Bacteroides provide a significant 'jump-start' on uncovering the guiding principles that govern microbiota-host and inter-bacterial associations in the gut that will probably extend to many other members of this ecosystem.
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