Project description:The present study focuses on the use of a metaproteomic approach to analyse Black Extrinsic Tooth Stains, a specific type of pigmented extrinsic substance, in a cohort of 96 Children. Metaproteomics is a powerful emerging technology that successfully enabled human protein and bacterial identification of this specific dental biofilm using mass spectrometry. 1600 bacterial proteins were identified in black stains (BS) samples and 2058 proteins in dental plaque (DP) samples whereas 607 and 582 human proteins identified in (BS and DP, respectively). 132 genera bacteria in black stains and dental plaque were identified using phylopeptidomic analysis, showing prevalence of Rothia, Kingella, Nesseria and Pseudopropionibatcterium in black stains samples. We additionally confirmed the metaproteomic approach by performing 16S rRNA. In this work, we showed an interesting diversity of the microbiota and proteome including significant difference between Black stain and dental plaque samples.
Project description:Microplastics (MPs) as widespread contamination pose high risk for aquatic organisms.Intestinal microbiotahas have high interaction with immune system of host body. In this study, intestinal microbiota of zebrafish after Polystyrene (PS-MPs) exposure were characterized by 16S rDNA amplicon sequencing. We found that 100nm and 200μm PS-MPs exposure significantly increased diversity of intestinal microbiota and all the three sizes of PS-MPs increased abundance of pathogenic bacteria.
Project description:Mineralised dental plaque (calculus) has proven to be an excellent source of ancient biomolecules. In this study we present a Mycobacterium leprae genome (6.6-fold), the causative agent of leprosy, recovered via shotgun sequencing of 16th century human dental calculus from an individual from Trondheim, Norway. Moreover, ancient mycobacterial peptides were retrieved via mass spectrometry-based proteomics, further validating the presence of the pathogen. M. leprae can readily be detected in the oral cavity and associated mucosal membranes, which likely contributed to it being incorporated into this individual’s dental calculus. This individual showed some possible, but not definitive, evidence of skeletal lesions associated with early stage leprosy. This study is the first known example of successful multi-omics retrieval of M. leprae from archaeological dental calculus. Furthermore, we offer new insights into dental calculus as an alternative sample source to bones or teeth for detecting and molecularly characterizing M. leprae in individuals from the archaeological record.
Project description:We compared the microbiota of paired mouse caecal contents and faeces by applying a multi-omic approach, including 16S rDNA sequencing, shotgun metagenomics, and shotgun metaproteomics. The aim of the study was to verify whether faecal samples are a reliable proxy for the mouse colonic luminal microbiota, as well as to identify changes in taxonomy and functional activity between caecal and faecal microbial communities, which have to be carefully considered when using stool as sample for mouse gut microbiota investigations.
Project description:Fastq files for the 16S rDNA amplicon library of 714 fecal samples of 20 time series (as described in Vandeputte et al. 2021, Nature Communications)