Human Microbiome Researchhttps://bsky.app/profile/wffricke.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wffricke.bsky.social/post/3mq5bg3hyz22hIs it not just “good” and “bad” bacteria but their absolute abundance, i.e, quantitative microbiome parameters (QMPs) that control the #microbiome’s effect on the host? Check out our new paper in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(26)00702-308 Jul 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:wifty2ugvayjtrbtpsoaecqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5bg3hyz22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/wffricke.bsky.social/post/3m2o4o427j22a"both air sharing and physical contact enabled bidirectional transmission: U.S. mucus-degrading taxa (e.g., Akkermansia) was transferred into Thai microbiomes, while Thai-derived, potentially health-promoting bacteria colonized U.S. microbiomes." https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2025.256234508 Oct 2025 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:wifty2ugvayjtrbtpsoaecqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2o4o427j22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/wffricke.bsky.social/post/3lyfhihafsk2sCool paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.07.005 "different fermentation products [profiles] released [vary a lot more depending on] microbiome composition [than] daily production of bacterial biomass + release of fermentation products" "diet not microbiota [is] dominant factor for fermentation product harvest"09 Sep 2025 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:wifty2ugvayjtrbtpsoaecqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyfhihafsk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/wffricke.bsky.social/post/3lwr7pgqiq22vCan we predict small intestinal microbiota traits from saliva? Read our new paper “Contamination-controlled upper gastrointestinal microbiota profiling reveals salivary-duodenal community types linked to opportunistic pathogen carriage and inflammation”, https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2025.253945219 Aug 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:wifty2ugvayjtrbtpsoaecqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwr7pgqiq22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/wffricke.bsky.social/post/3lienadzqws2tMinimal lasting gut microbiome perturbation after antibiotic (amoxicillin) treatment in children, which mostly affected bifidobacteria: https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-024-01999-317 Feb 2025 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:wifty2ugvayjtrbtpsoaecqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lienadzqws2thttps://bsky.app/profile/wffricke.bsky.social/post/3lhxx3qpf4k2cMicrobiota assembly in SPF mice: rdcu.be/d9yMn - No bifidobacteria in neonatal mice, no clear maternal source of pioneer strains. https://rdcu.be/d9yMn12 Feb 2025 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:wifty2ugvayjtrbtpsoaecqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhxx3qpf4k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/wffricke.bsky.social/post/3lhb7wqkkzk2sGreat study + opportunity to repost old tweets about our related meta-analysis: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1438422121000126, which was smaller + focused on maternal strain transmission but also early-life #microbiome maturation, incl. oxygen-tolerant to intolerant species-dominated microbiome transition. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Feb 2025 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:wifty2ugvayjtrbtpsoaecqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhb7wqkkzk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/wffricke.bsky.social/post/3lgin5sg7ok2w“The gut microbiota predicts and time-restricted feeding delays experimental colitis” New paper out from our group in GutMicrobes: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19490976.2025.2453019. Congratulations to first authors Hannah Ruple and Eva Haasis. (1/x)24 Jan 2025 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:wifty2ugvayjtrbtpsoaecqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgin5sg7ok2w