Gut Microbiota Reconstruction Following Host Infection with Blood-stage Plasmodium berghei ANKA Strain in a Murine Model
Gut Microbiota Reconstruction Following Host Infection with Blood-stage Plasmodium berghei ANKA Strain in a Murine Model
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DOI:
10.1007/s11596-019-2119-y
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发表时间:
2019-12-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Fang, Min
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作者:
Fan, Zhi-gang;Li, Xiao;Fang, Min
Malaria remains a global health problem. The relationship between Plasmodium spp. and the gut microbiota as well as the impact of Plasmodium spp. on the gut microbiota in vertebrate hosts is unclear. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of blood-stage Plasmodium parasites on the gut microbiota of mice. The gut microbiota was analyzed by 16S rRNA sequencing and bioinformatic analyses at three stages. The gut microbiota changed during the three phases: the healthy stage, the infection stage, and the cure stage (on the 9th day after malarial elimination). Moreover, the gut microbiota of these infected animals did not recover after malaria infection. There were 254 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) across all three stages, and there were unique strains or OTUs at each stage of the experiment. The percentages of community abundance of 8 OTUs changed significantly (P