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ReviewFEMS microbiology ecology2025

Exploring and evaluating microbiome resilience in the gut.

Huimin Zhou, Li Tang, Kristin A Fenton, Xiaobo Song

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Review in FEMS microbiology ecology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Huimin ZhouDepartment of Microbiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, China.
Li TangDepartment of Microecology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, China.
Kristin A FentonDepartment of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, 9037, Norway.
Xiaobo SongDepartment of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, 9037, Norway.ORCID 0009-0007-1056-7106

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut ecosystem is closely related to human gastrointestinal health and overall wellness. Microbiome resilience refers to the capability of a microbial community to resist or recover from perturbations to its original state of balance. So far, there is no consensus on the criteria for assessing microbiome resilience. This article provides new insights into the metrics and techniques for resilience assessment. We discussed several potential parameters, such as microbiome structure, keystone species, biomarkers, persistence degree, recovery rate, and various research techniques in microbiology, metagenomics, biochemistry, and dynamic modeling. The article further explores the factors that influence the gut microbiome resilience. The microbiome structure (i.e. abundance and diversity), keystone species, and microbe-microbe interplays determine microbiome resilience. Microorganisms employ a variety of mechanisms to achieve the microbiome resilience, including flexible metabolism, quorum sensing, functional redundancy, microbial cooperation, and competition. Host-microbe interactions play a crucial role in maintaining microbiome stability and functionality. Unlike other articles, we focus on the regulation of host immune system on microbiome resilience. The immune system facilitates bacterial preservation and colonization, community construction, probiotic protection, and pathogen elimination through the mechanisms of immunological tolerance, immune-driven microbial compartmentalization, and immune inclusion and exclusion. Microbial immunomodulation indirectly modulates microbiome resilience.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeGastrointestinal TractAnimalsBacteriaHost Microbial InteractionsHumansProbioticshost–microbe interactionsmicrobe–microbe interplaysmicrobiome resiliencemicrobiome structure and keystone species

Identifiers

PMID40302016
PMCPMC12065411

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