The Microbial Pecking Order: Utilization of Intestinal Microbiota for Poultry Health

Patterns of community assembly in the developing chicken microbiome reveal rapid primary succession

(2019) Stephanie D. Jurburg et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Contact with adult hen affects development of caecal microbiota in newly hatched chicks

(2019) Tereza Kubasova et al.   PLoS One

IL-22 assures gut homeostasis

(2019) Clemens Thoma   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Associations between carcass weight uniformity and production measures on farm and at slaughter in commercial broiler flocks

(2019) Guro Vasdal et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Characteristics of the intestinal flora of specific pathogen free chickens with age

(2019) Yu Xi et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

Characterization of microbial communities in the chicken oviduct and the origin of chicken embryo gut microbiota

(2019) Sangwon Lee et al.   Scientific Reports

In-feed bacitracin methylene disalicylate modulates the turkey microbiota and metabolome in a dose-dependent manner

(2019) Timothy A. Johnson et al.   Scientific Reports

Microbial and Functional Profile of the Ceca from Laying Hens Affected by Feeding Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Synbiotics

(2019) Carolina Pineda-Quiroga et al.   Microorganisms

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor and intestinal immunity

(2018) Bruno Lamas et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Current understanding of the human microbiome

(2018) Jack A Gilbert et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Beneficial actions of microbiota-derived tryptophan metabolites

(2018) J. J. Galligan   NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY

Effect of antibiotic withdrawal in feed on chicken gut microbial dynamics, immunity, growth performance and prevalence of foodborne pathogens

(2018) Sanjay Kumar et al.   PLoS One

The role of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics in animal nutrition

(2018) Paulina Markowiak et al.   Gut Pathogens

Different rearing conditions alter gut microbiota composition and host physiology in Shaoxing ducks

(2018) Shumei Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

Antibiotic growth promoters virginiamycin and bacitracin methylene disalicylate alter the chicken intestinal metabolome

(2018) Ujvala Deepthi Gadde et al.   Scientific Reports

Host and Environmental Factors Affecting the Intestinal Microbiota in Chickens

(2018) Jannigje G. Kers et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Antibiotic-mediated changes in the fecal microbiome of broiler chickens define the incidence of antibiotic resistance genes

(2018) Wenguang Xiong et al.   Microbiome

Current Perspectives of the Chicken Gastrointestinal Tract and Its Microbiome

(2018) Daniel Borda-Molina et al.   Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

A Consistent and Predictable Commercial Broiler Chicken Bacterial Microbiota in Antibiotic-Free Production Displays Strong Correlations with Performance

(2018) Timothy J. Johnson et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Possibilities of early life programming in broiler chickens via intestinal microbiota modulation

(2018) Luis A Rubio   POULTRY SCIENCE

Bile salt hydrolases: Structure and function, substrate preference, and inhibitor development

(2018) Zixing Dong et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

The role of the gut microbiome in shaping the immune system of chickens

(2018) Leon J. Broom et al.   VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY

Functional and phenotypic heterogeneity of group 3 innate lymphoid cells

(2017) Felipe Melo-Gonzalez et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Microbial diversity on commercial eggs as affected by the production system. A first approach using PGM

(2017) Carmen Neira et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Microbiome-Modulated Metabolites at the Interface of Host Immunity

(2017) Eran Blacher et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

A gut bacterial pathway metabolizes aromatic amino acids into nine circulating metabolites

(2017) Dylan Dodd et al.   NATURE

Intestinal microbiota profiles associated with low and high residual feed intake in chickens across two geographical locations

(2017) Sina-Catherine Siegerstetter et al.   PLoS One

Effect of dietary xylooligosaccharides on intestinal characteristics, gut microbiota, cecal short-chain fatty acids, and plasma immune parameters of laying hens

(2017) X M Ding et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Antibiotics in 16-day-old broilers temporarily affect microbial and immune parameters in the gut

(2017) H. J. Wisselink et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Physiology and pathogenicity of cpdB deleted mutant of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli

(2017) Huifang Liu et al.   RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE

Alternatives to antibiotics for maximizing growth performance and feed efficiency in poultry: a review

(2017) U. Gadde et al.   ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH REVIEWS

Feed-additive probiotics accelerate yet antibiotics delay intestinal microbiota maturation in broiler chicken

(2017) Pengfei Gao et al.   Microbiome

Different antibiotic growth promoters induce specific changes in the cecal microbiota membership of broiler chicken

(2017) Marcio C. Costa et al.   PLoS One

Microbial shifts associated with necrotic enteritis

(2016) Gunther Antonissen et al.   AVIAN PATHOLOGY

Necrotic enteritis predisposing factors in broiler chickens

(2016) Robert J. Moore   AVIAN PATHOLOGY

From Dietary Fiber to Host Physiology: Short-Chain Fatty Acids as Key Bacterial Metabolites

(2016) Ara Koh et al.   CELL

Type I interferons and microbial metabolites of tryptophan modulate astrocyte activity and central nervous system inflammation via the aryl hydrocarbon receptor

(2016) Veit Rothhammer et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

CARD9 impacts colitis by altering gut microbiota metabolism of tryptophan into aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands

(2016) Bruno Lamas et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Missed, Not Missing: Phylogenomic Evidence for the Existence of Avian FoxP3

(2016) Michael P. Denyer et al.   PLoS One

Long-term effects of early life microbiota disturbance on adaptive immunity in laying hens

(2016) K. Simon et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Microbial community mapping in intestinal tract of broiler chicken

(2016) Yingping Xiao et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Microbial metabolism of dietary components to bioactive metabolites: opportunities for new therapeutic interventions

(2016) Linda S. Zhang et al.   Genome Medicine

Bacteria within the Gastrointestinal Tract Microbiota Correlated with Improved Growth and Feed Conversion: Challenges Presented for the Identification of Performance Enhancing Probiotic Bacteria

(2016) Dragana Stanley et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Intestinal Short Chain Fatty Acids and their Link with Diet and Human Health

(2016) David Ríos-Covián et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Relationship between the microbiota in different sections of the gastrointestinal tract, and the body weight of broiler chickens

(2016) Geon Goo Han et al.   SpringerPlus

Biochar, Bentonite and Zeolite Supplemented Feeding of Layer Chickens Alters Intestinal Microbiota and Reduces Campylobacter Load

(2016) Tanka P. Prasai et al.   PLoS One

Effects of Xylo-Oligosaccharides on Broiler Chicken Performance and Microbiota

(2015) C. De Maesschalck et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Dynamics and Stabilization of the Human Gut Microbiome during the First Year of Life

(2015) Fredrik Bäckhed et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Effect ofBacillus subtilisCGMCC 1.1086 on the growth performance and intestinal microbiota of broilers

(2015) Y. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Hepatic Uptake of Rectally Administered Butyrate Prevents an Increase in Systemic Butyrate Concentrations in Humans

(2015) Christina M van der Beek et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Engineered biosynthesis of enduracidin lipoglycopeptide antibiotics using the ramoplanin mannosyltransferase Ram29

(2015) Ming-Cheng Wu et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Alternatives to Antibiotics to Prevent Necrotic Enteritis in Broiler Chickens: A Microbiologist's Perspective

(2015) Delphine L. Caly et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Xylo-oligosaccharides and virginiamycin differentially modulate gut microbial composition in chickens

(2015) Mohsen Pourabedin et al.   Microbiome

The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor: Multitasking in the Immune System

(2014) Brigitta Stockinger et al.   Annual Review of Immunology

Discovery and Characterization of Gut Microbiota Decarboxylases that Can Produce the Neurotransmitter Tryptamine

(2014) Brianna B. Williams et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

The chicken gastrointestinal microbiome

(2014) Brian B. Oakley et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Activation of Gpr109a, Receptor for Niacin and the Commensal Metabolite Butyrate, Suppresses Colonic Inflammation and Carcinogenesis

(2014) Nagendra Singh et al.   IMMUNITY

Growth Promoters and Novel Feed Additives Improving Poultry Production and Health, Bioactive Principles and Beneficial Applications: The Trends and Advances-A Review

(2014) Kuldeep Dhama et al.   International Journal of Pharmacology

Phylogenetic distribution of three pathways for propionate production within the human gut microbiota

(2014) Nicole Reichardt et al.   ISME Journal

Highly Variable Microbiota Development in the Chicken Gastrointestinal Tract

(2014) Dragana Stanley et al.   PLoS One

Succession and Replacement of Bacterial Populations in the Caecum of Egg Laying Hens over Their Whole Life

(2014) Petra Videnska et al.   PLoS One

Digestion of fat and fatty acids along the gastrointestinal tract of broiler chickens

(2014) P. Tancharoenrat et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Antibiotic growth promoters enhance animal production by targeting intestinal bile salt hydrolase and its producers

(2014) Jun Lin   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Central Role of the Gut Microbiota in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases

(2014) Caroline Marcantonio Ferreira et al.   Journal of Immunology Research

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii influence the production of mucus glycans and the development of goblet cells in the colonic epithelium of a gnotobiotic model rodent

(2013) Laura Wrzosek et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Chicken faecal microbiota and disturbances induced by single or repeated therapy with tetracycline and streptomycin

(2013) Petra Videnska et al.   BMC Veterinary Research

Prebiotic stimulation of human colonic butyrate-producing bacteria and bifidobacteria,in vitro

(2013) Karen P. Scott et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Tryptophan Catabolites from Microbiota Engage Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor and Balance Mucosal Reactivity via Interleukin-22

(2013) Teresa Zelante et al.   IMMUNITY

Effect of dietary supplementation of prebiotics and probiotics on intestinal microarchitecture in broilers reared under cyclic heat stress

(2013) S. Ashraf et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANIMAL NUTRITION

Effect of dietary levan fructan supplementation on growth performance, meat quality, relative organ weight, cecal microflora, and excreta noxious gas emission in broilers

(2013) P. Y. Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Indole production by the tryptophanase TnaA in Escherichia coli is determined by the amount of exogenous tryptophan

(2013) G. Li et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Commensal microbe-derived butyrate induces the differentiation of colonic regulatory T cells

(2013) Yukihiro Furusawa et al.   NATURE

Metabolites produced by commensal bacteria promote peripheral regulatory T-cell generation

(2013) Nicholas Arpaia et al.   NATURE

Effects of orally applied butyrate bolus on histone acetylation and cytochrome P450 enzyme activity in the liver of chicken – a randomized controlled trial

(2013) Gábor Mátis et al.   Nutrition & Metabolism

Release of avian neurotensin in response to intraluminal contents in the duodenum of chickens

(2013) T. F. DeGolier et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

The Microbial Metabolites, Short-Chain Fatty Acids, Regulate Colonic Treg Cell Homeostasis

(2013) P. M. Smith et al.   SCIENCE

Treatment, promotion, commotion: antibiotic alternatives in food-producing animals

(2013) Heather K. Allen et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Quantitative Genetic Background of the Host Influences Gut Microbiomes in Chickens

(2013) Lele Zhao et al.   Scientific Reports

Mom Knows Best: The Universality of Maternal Microbial Transmission

(2013) Lisa J. Funkhouser et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Identification and Characterization of a Bile Salt Hydrolase from Lactobacillus salivarius for Development of Novel Alternatives to Antibiotic Growth Promoters

(2012) Zhong Wang et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Warburg Effect Dictates the Mechanism of Butyrate-Mediated Histone Acetylation and Cell Proliferation

(2012) Dallas R. Donohoe et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Functional interactions between the gut microbiota and host metabolism

(2012) Valentina Tremaroli et al.   NATURE

Modulation of Antimicrobial Host Defense Peptide Gene Expression by Free Fatty Acids

(2012) Lakshmi T. Sunkara et al.   PLoS One

Identification and Characterization of Potential Performance-Related Gut Microbiotas in Broiler Chickens across Various Feeding Trials

(2011) Valeria A. Torok et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Morphometric evaluation of “dysbacteriosis” in broilers

(2011) E. Teirlynck et al.   AVIAN PATHOLOGY

The influence of the cage system and colonisation of Salmonella Enteritidis on the microbial gut flora of laying hens studied by T-RFLP and 454 pyrosequencing

(2011) Steen Nordentoft et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Exogenous Stimuli Maintain Intraepithelial Lymphocytes via Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation

(2011) Ying Li et al.   CELL

The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Regulates Gut Immunity through Modulation of Innate Lymphoid Cells

(2011) Ju Qiu et al.   IMMUNITY

Prevalence of potentially pathogenic culturable bacteria on eggshells and in cloacae of female Pied Flycatchers in a temperate habitat in central Spain

(2011) Rafael Ruiz-de-Castañeda et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Butyrate Enhances Disease Resistance of Chickens by Inducing Antimicrobial Host Defense Peptide Gene Expression

(2011) Lakshmi T. Sunkara et al.   PLoS One

Modulations of the Chicken Cecal Microbiome and Metagenome in Response to Anticoccidial and Growth Promoter Treatment

(2011) Jessica L. Danzeisen et al.   PLoS One

Natural Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Ligands Control Organogenesis of Intestinal Lymphoid Follicles

(2011) E. A. Kiss et al.   SCIENCE

Butyrate production in phylogenetically diverse Firmicutes isolated from the chicken caecum

(2011) Venessa Eeckhaut et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Interrelations between the Microbiotas in the Litter and in the Intestines of Commercial Broiler Chickens

(2010) M. D. Cressman et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Selected microbial groups and short-chain fatty acids profile in a simulated chicken cecum supplemented with two strains of Lactobacillus

(2010) A. Meimandipour et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Effect of dietary prebiotic supplementation on the performance, intestinal microflora, and immune response of broilers

(2010) G.- B. Kim et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

GPR109A Is a G-protein-Coupled Receptor for the Bacterial Fermentation Product Butyrate and Functions as a Tumor Suppressor in Colon

(2009) M. Thangaraju et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Short chain fatty acids exchange across the gut and liver in humans measured at surgery

(2009) Johanne G. Bloemen et al.   CLINICAL NUTRITION

Anaerostipes butyraticus sp. nov., an anaerobic, butyrate-producing bacterium from Clostridium cluster XIVa isolated from broiler chicken caecal content, and emended description of the genus Anaerostipes

(2009) V. Eeckhaut et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of changes in the composition of ileal bacterial microbiota of broiler chickens infected with Clostridium perfringens

(2009) Yanni Feng et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Colon cancer cells maintain low levels of pyruvate to avoid cell death caused by inhibition of HDAC1/HDAC3

(2008) Muthusamy Thangaraju et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from the caecal content of a broiler chicken

(2008) V. Eeckhaut et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

The Effect of Gender on the Bacterial Community in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Broilers

(2008) B. S. Lumpkins et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE