• Microbiome and skin biology 

  Lunjani, Nonhlanhla; Hlela, Carol; O'Mahony, Liam (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2019-08-01)

  Purpose of review: The skin is home to a diverse milieu of bacteria, fungi, viruses, bacteriophages, and archaeal communities. The application of culture-independent approaches has revolutionized the characterization of ...
• Identification of dual receptor binding protein systems in Lactococcal 936 group phages 

  Hayes, Stephen; Duhoo, Yoan; Neve, Horst; Murphy, James; Noben, Jean-Paul; Franz, Charles M. A. P.; Cambillau, Christian; Mahony, Jennifer; Nauta, Arjen; van Sinderen, Douwe (MDPI, 2018)

  Siphoviridae of the lactococcal 936 group are the most commonly encountered bacteriophages in the dairy processing environment. The 936 group phages possess a discrete baseplate at the tip of their tail—a complex harbouring ...
• Long-term colonisation with donor bacteriophages following successful faecal microbial transplantation 

  Draper, Lorraine A.; Ryan, Feargal J.; Smith, Muireann K.; Jalanka, J.; Mattila, E.; Arkkila, P.A.; Ross, R. Paul; Satokari, R.; Hill, Colin (BMC part of Springer Nature, 2018-12-10)

  Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is used in the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. Its success is typically attributed to the restoration of a diverse microbiota. Viruses (including bacteriophages) ...
• Bacterial microcompartment-mediated ethanolamine metabolism in E. coli urinary tract infection 

  Dadswell, Katherine; Creagh, Sinead; McCullagh, Edward; Liang, Mingzhi; Brown, Ian R.; Warren, Martin J. McNally, Alan; MacSharry, John; Prentice, Michael B. (American Society for Microbiology, 2019-05-28)

  Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common, in general caused by intestinal Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) ascending via the urethra. Microcompartment-mediated catabolism of ethanolamine, a host cell breakdown product, fuels ...
• EAACI position paper: influence of dietary fatty acids on asthma, food allergy, and atopic dermatitis 

  Venter, Carina; Meyer, Rosan W.; Nwaru, Bright I.; Roduit, Caroline; Untersmayr, Eva; Adel-Patient, Karine; Agache, Ioana; Agostoni, Carlo; Akdis, Cezmi A.; Bischoff, Stephan; du Toit, George; Feeney, Mary; Frei, Remo; Garn, Holger; Greenhawt, Matthew; Hoffmann-Sommergruber, Karin; Lunjani, Nonhlanhla; Maslin, Kate; Mills, Clare; Muraro, Antonella; Pali, Isabella; Poulson, Lars; Reese, Imke; Renz, Harald; Roberts, Graham C.; Smith, Peter; Smolinska, Sylwia; Sokolowska, Milena; Stanton, Catherine; Vlieg-Boerstra, Berber; O'Mahony, Liam (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019-04-29)

  The prevalence of allergic diseases such as allergic rhinitis, asthma, food allergy, and atopic dermatitis has increased dramatically during the last decades, which is associated with altered environmental exposures and ...

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