Project description:Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (B. infantis) colonizes the infant gut microbiome with a 43-kb gene cluster that enables human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) utilization. Although there is relative genomic homogeneity in this regard, previous observations suggest that B. infantis strains may differ in their utilization phenotype. To test this hypothesis, a panel of B. infantis strains were evaluated for their ability to utilize pooled HMOs to yield differential phenotypes including biomass accumulation, HMO consumption glycoprofile, end-product secretion, and global transcriptomes. Two strains (ATCC 15697 and UMA301) efficiently consumed several HMO isomers/anomers that exhibit degrees of polymerization (DP) ³ 4. These same strains partially consumed the smaller DP HMOs including fucosyllactose and lactodifucotetraose isomers/anomers. In contrast, UMA299 efficiently utilized fucosylated small molecular weight HMOs (DP<4), and accumulated greater biomass on purified 2´FL with significantly higher 1,2-propanediol production. This study identifies several strain-dependent features in HMO utilization phenotypes that are consistent with metabolic variation within a bifidobacterial-dominated infant-gut microbiome.
Project description:The non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica serotype Heidelberg is a major foodborne pathogen primarily transmitted to humans through contaminated poultry products. Current control measures emphasize novel approaches to mitigate Salmonella Heidelberg colonization in poultry and the contamination of poultry products, thereby reducing its transmission to humans. This study highlight that commensal E. coli 47-1826 can potentially be used to control of S. Heidelberg 18-9079 in poultry
Project description:The deposited microarray data were generated in a study that integrated the gene expression profiles and metabolic responses of Caco2 cells incubated with Bifidobacterium infantis subsp. infantis and Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica sv. Typhimurium. The aim of this study was to investigate the interaction of B. infantis, S. Typhimurium, and host cells (Caco2) in the course of infection to understand the molecular mechanics of probiotic-pathogen-host interactions.
2024-05-08 | GSE266880 | GEO
Project description:Microbiome of Poultry Thigh Rinsates Inoculated with Salmonella Infantis
Project description:Bacterial infections remain an important cause of morbidity in poultry production. The molecular characteristics and dynamic changes in immune cell populations after bacterial infection have yet to be fully understood. Beijing-You chicken and Cobb broiler, two broiler breeds with different disease resistance, were infected with Salmonella typhimurium, and inflammation models were constructed. We characterized chicken spleen CD45+ immune cells by single-cell RNA sequencing.
Project description:Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) are a group of extra-intestinal E. coli that infect poultry, and are able to cause a variety of diseases, systemic or localized, collectively designated as colibacillosis. Colibacillosis is the most common bacterial illness in poultry production, resulting in significant economic losses world-wide. Despite of its importance, pathogenicity mechanisms of APEC strains remain not completelly elucidated and available vaccines are not fully effectives. In order to better understand which genes could be related to pathogenicity in different APEC isolated, a microarray analyses of two APEC strains representing: Swollen Head Syndrome and Omphalitis was carried out.
Project description:Poultry products are an important source of Salmonella enterica. An effective way to reduce food poisoning due to Salmonella would be to breed chickens more resistant to Salmonella. Unfortunately resistance to Salmonella is a complex trait with many factors involved. To learn more about Salmonella resistance mechanisms in young chickens, a cDNA microarray analysis was performed to compare gene expression profiles between a Salmonella susceptible and a more resistant chicken line. Newly hatched chickens were orally infected with S. enterica serovar Enteritidis. Since the intestine is the first barrier the bacteria encountersbacteria encounter after oral inoculation, gene expression was investigated in the intestine, from day 1 until day 21 post infection. Differences in gene expression between the susceptible and resistant chicken line were found in control as well as Salmonella infected conditions. In response to the Salmonella infection, the expression of different sets of genes seemed to be affected in the jejunum of the two chicken lines. In the susceptible line this included genes that affect T-cell activation, whereas in the more resistant line, at day 1, macrophage activation seemed to be more affected. At day 7 and 9 most gene expression differences between the two chicken lines were identified under control conditions, indicating a difference in the intestinal development between the two chicken lines which might be linked to the difference in Salmonella susceptibility. The findings in this study have lead to the identification of novel genes and possible cellular pathways of the host involved in Salmonella susceptibility. Keywords: timecourse, disease