ArticleCell2022
Design, construction, and in vivo augmentation of a complex gut microbiome.
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168 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 252 citations in OpenAlex.
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- From diet to function: using synthetic microbial communities to map gut microbial interactions.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Review
- A multi-strain biofilm consortium enhances gut microbiota resilience and restores post-antibiotic homeostasis.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Article
- Antibiotic-induced gut microbiome dysbiosis: risks and strategies for mitigation.The EMBO journal · 2026Review
- A single-strain dropout screen reveals mechanistic links between microbial ecology and metabolism.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Efforts to model the human gut microbiome in mice have led to important insights into the mechanisms of host-microbe interactions. However, the model communities studied to date have been defined or complex, but not both, limiting their utility. Here, we construct and characterize in vitro a defined community of 104 bacterial species composed of the most common taxa from the human gut microbiota (hCom1). We then used an iterative experimental process to fill open niches: germ-free mice were colonized with hCom1 and then challenged with a human fecal sample. We identified new species that engrafted following fecal challenge and added them to hCom1, yielding hCom2. In gnotobiotic mice, hCom2 exhibited increased stability to fecal challenge and robust colonization resistance against pathogenic Escherichia coli. Mice colonized by either hCom2 or a human fecal community are phenotypically similar, suggesting that this consortium will enable a mechanistic interrogation of species and genes on microbiome-associated phenotypes.
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