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Khabre desk
Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the gut-microbiome desk.
health
An analysis of 6,803 participants in Japan found two contrasting gut-microbiome patterns statistically mediating links between lifestyle factors, general health and 15 chronic diseases. The patterns were associated with microbial metabolism, faecal short-chain fatty acids and inflammatory markers, but the study design cannot establish that the microbiome causes the health outcomes.
science
A bioRxiv preprint combines data from eight healthy Indian cohorts into a reference atlas and proposes a four-part Indian Gut Health Index. The authors report geographic patterns in the data, while noting that cohort and geography effects are strongly intertwined.
science
A bioRxiv preprint reports that LptZ connects surface lipoprotein transport with outer membrane vesicle formation in Bacteroides. Experiments in an lptZ mutant also point to an expanded role for the bacterial Lpt transport machinery.