Publications by authors named "Taylor D Ticer"
is a bacterial pathogen that has been implicated in severe gastrointestinal infections. has intrinsic green autofluorescence and the level of this autofluorescence is known to be increased by growth time and oxygen. Currently, it is unclear if dietary compounds or metabolites from the gut microbiota are able to enhance autofluorescence.
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- Alcohol use during adolescence may significantly alter the oral microbiome, suggesting that young drinkers could experience unique biological consequences.
- A study compared saliva samples from heavy alcohol users to non-users, revealing lower microbial diversity in drinkers and increased levels of bacteria associated with alcohol metabolism.
- This research highlights the need for further exploration of the relationship between alcohol consumption and oral health, particularly in adolescents.
Background: Acinetobacter spp. have emerged as troublesome pathogens due to their multi-drug resistance. The majority of the work to date has focused on the antibiotic resistance profile of Acinetobacter baumannii.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe gastrointestinal tract has been speculated to serve as a reservoir for , however little is known about the ecological fitness of strains in the gut. Likewise, not much is known about the ability of to consume dietary, or host derived nutrients or their capacity to modulate host gene expression. Given the increasing prevalence of in the clinical setting, we sought to characterize how responds to gut-related stressors and identify potential microbe-host interactions.
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- The study investigates the presence and diversity of mucin-degrading enzymes (glycosyl hydrolases) in various microbial species found in the human gut.
- It identifies multiple microbial species across different phyla, including Verrucomicrobia, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Firmicutes, that possess genes for these enzymes.
- The researchers confirmed the mucin-degrading abilities of 23 gut microbes in an experimental setup using porcine intestinal mucus, enhancing our understanding of how gut microbiota interacts with mucins.