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Microbiota

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    Brooks J, Hooper L. Interactions among microbes, the immune system, and the circadian clock. Semin Immunopathol. 2020;42(6):697–708. PMID: 33033938
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    Bushin L, Covington B, Rued B, Federle M, Seyedsayamdost M. Discovery and Biosynthesis of Streptosactin, a Sactipeptide with an Alternative Topology Encoded by Commensal Bacteria in the Human Microbiome. J Am Chem Soc. 2020;142(38):16265–16275. PMID: 32845143
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    Chen Y-C, Seyedsayamdost M, Ringstad N. A microbial metabolite synergizes with endogenous serotonin to trigger reproductive behavior. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020;117(48):30589–30598. PMCID: PMC7720207
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    Claesen J, Spagnolo J, Ramos S, Kurita K, Byrd A, Aksenov A, Melnik A, Wong W, Wang S, Hernandez R, Donia M, Dorrestein P, Kong H, Segre J, Linington R, Fischbach M, Lemon K. A antibiotic modulates human skin microbiota composition in hair follicles. Sci Transl Med. 2020;12(570). PMCID: PMC8478231
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    Mourani P, Sontag M, Williamson K, Harris K, Reeder R, Locandro C, Carpenter T, Maddux A, Ziegler K, Simões E, Osborne C, Ambroggio L, Leroue M, Robertson C, Langelier C, DeRisi J, Kamm J, Hall M, Zuppa A, Carcillo J, Meert K, Sapru A, Pollack M, McQuillen P, Notterman D, Dean M, Wagner B, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN) members are as follows:. Temporal airway microbiome changes related to ventilator-associated pneumonia in children. Eur Respir J. 2021;57(3). PMCID: PMC7979474
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    Erez A, Lopez J, Weiner B, Meir Y, Wingreen N. Nutrient levels and trade-offs control diversity in a serial dilution ecosystem. Elife. 2020;9. PMCID: PMC7486120
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    Farag M, Hegazi N, Donia M. Molecular networking based LC/MS reveals novel biotransformation products of green coffee by ex vivo cultures of the human gut microbiome. Metabolomics. 2020;16(8):86. PMID: 32748036
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    Doane M, Morris M, Papudeshi B, Allen L, Pande D, Haggerty J, Johri S, Turnlund A, Peterson M, Kacev D, Nosal A, Ramirez D, Hovel K, Ledbetter J, Alker A, Avalos J, Baker K, Bhide S, Billings E, Byrum S, Clemens M, Demery A, Lima L, Gomez O, Gutierrez O, Hinton S, Kieu D, Kim A, Loaiza R, Martinez A, McGhee J, Nguyen K, Parlan S, Pham A, Price-Waldman R, Edwards R, Dinsdale E. The skin microbiome of elasmobranchs follows phylosymbiosis, but in teleost fishes, the microbiomes converge. Microbiome. 2020;8(1):93. PMCID: PMC7293782
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    Javdan B, Lopez J, Chankhamjon P, Lee Y-C, Hull R, Wu Q, Wang X, Chatterjee S, Donia M. Personalized Mapping of Drug Metabolism by the Human Gut Microbiome. Cell. 2020;181(7):1661–1679.e22. PMCID: PMC8591631
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    DeCandia A, Brenner L, King J, vonHoldt B. Ear mite infection is associated with altered microbial communities in genetically depauperate Santa Catalina Island foxes (Urocyon littoralis catalinae). Mol Ecol. 2020;29(8):1463–1475. PMID: 31821650
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    Sugimoto Y, Camacho F, Wang S, Chankhamjon P, Odabas A, Biswas A, Jeffrey P, Donia M. A metagenomic strategy for harnessing the chemical repertoire of the human microbiome. Science. 2019;366(6471). PMID: 31582523
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    DeCandia A, Leverett K, vonHoldt B. Of microbes and mange: consistent changes in the skin microbiome of three canid species infected with Sarcoptes scabiei mites. Parasit Vectors. 2019;12(1):488. PMCID: PMC6796464
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    Tuttle R, Demko A, Patin N, Kapono C, Donia M, Dorrestein P, Jensen P. Detection of Natural Products and Their Producers in Ocean Sediments. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2019;85(8). PMCID: PMC6450032
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    Mukherjee S, Bassler B. Bacterial quorum sensing in complex and dynamically changing environments. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2019;17(6):371–382. PMCID: PMC6615036
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    Jang C, Hui S, Lu W, Cowan A, Morscher R, Lee G, Liu W, Tesz G, Birnbaum M, Rabinowitz J. The Small Intestine Converts Dietary Fructose into Glucose and Organic Acids. Cell Metab. 2018;27(2):351–361.e3. PMCID: PMC6032988
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    Guo C-J, Chang F-Y, Wyche T, Backus K, Acker T, Funabashi M, Taketani M, Donia M, Nayfach S, Pollard K, Craik C, Cravatt B, Clardy J, Voigt C, Fischbach M. Discovery of Reactive Microbiota-Derived Metabolites that Inhibit Host Proteases. Cell. 2017;168(3):517–526.e18. PMCID: PMC5302092
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    Williams B, Van Benschoten A, Cimermancic P, Donia M, Zimmermann M, Taketani M, Ishihara A, Kashyap P, Fraser J, Fischbach M. Discovery and characterization of gut microbiota decarboxylases that can produce the neurotransmitter tryptamine. Cell Host Microbe. 2014;16(4):495–503. PMCID: PMC4260654
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    Donia M, Cimermancic P, Schulze C, Brown L, Martin J, Mitreva M, Clardy J, Linington R, Fischbach M. A systematic analysis of biosynthetic gene clusters in the human microbiome reveals a common family of antibiotics. Cell. 2014;158(6):1402–1414. PMCID: PMC4164201
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    Donia M, Fischbach M. HUMAN MICROBIOTA. Small molecules from the human microbiota. Science. 2015;349(6246):1254766. PMCID: PMC4641445
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    Borenstein D, Ringel P, Basler M, Wingreen N. Established Microbial Colonies Can Survive Type VI Secretion Assault. PLoS Comput Biol. 2015;11(10):e1004520. PMCID: PMC4619000
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