Project description:EMG produced TPA metagenomics assembly of PRJNA801070 data set (Superworm (Zophobas morio) gut microbiome metagenomics).
| PRJEB53590 | ENA
Project description:Gut microorganisms in Zophobas morio (Super mealworms)
| PRJNA551912 | ENA
Project description:Influence of feeding black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens), cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus), and superworm (Zophobas morio) on the gut microbiota of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Project description:We combined an experimental microbiome of 11 bacterial strains isolated from the gut of native Caenorhabditis elegans. C. elegans were maintained on the experimental microbiome, Escherichia coli OP50 (control food source), or OP50 supplemented with cell-free media (CFM) from the experimental microbiome. For each of the three feeding conditions, RNA-seq was performed for wildtype (N2) worms or transgenic worms expressing amyloid beta 1-42 in their body wall muscle (GMC101).
Project description:Aging is associated with declining immunity and inflammation as well as alterations in the gut microbiome with a decrease of beneficial microbes and increase in pathogenic ones. The aim of this study was to investigate aging associated gut microbiome in relation to immunologic and metabolic profile in a non-human primate (NHP) model. 12 old (age>18 years) and 4 young (age 3-6 years) Rhesus macaques were included in this study. Immune cell subsets were characterized in PBMC by flow cytometry and plasma cytokines levels were determined by bead based multiplex cytokine analysis. Stool samples were collected by ileal loop and investigated for microbiome analysis by shotgun metagenomics. Serum, gut microbial lysate and microbe-free fecal extract were subjected to metabolomic analysis by mass-spectrometry. Our results showed that the old animals exhibited higher inflammatory biomarkers in plasma and lower CD4 T cells with altered distribution of naïve and memory T cell maturation subsets. The gut microbiome in old animals had higher abundance of Archaeal and Proteobacterial species and lower Firmicutes than the young. Significant enrichment of metabolites that contribute to inflammatory and cytotoxic pathways was observed in serum and feces of old animals compared to the young. We conclude that aging NHP undergo immunosenescence and age associated alterations in the gut microbiome that has a distinct metabolic profile.