Zachary A. Costliow

TL;DR: Thiamine acquisition mechanisms used by B. thetaiotaomicron not only are critical for its physiology and fitness but also provide the opportunity to model how other gut microbes may respond to the shifting availability of thiamine in the gut, adding further evidence that altering the presence or concentrations of water-soluble vitamins such as thiamines may be an effective method for manipulating gut community composition.

TL;DR: Xavier et al. as mentioned in this paper examined cell type-specific roles of the pH sensor G protein-coupled receptor 65 (GPR65) and its inflammatory disease-associated Ile231Leu-coding variant in inflammation control.

TL;DR: In this paper, a purified RNA-binding protein (RBP) from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron was found to be able to bind to single-stranded RNA in vitro with an affinity similar to other characterized RBPs.

TL;DR: The genetic basis of thiamine (Vitamin B1) uptake and biosynthesis in three representative Bacteroides species is investigated and implies that gut Bactseroides have evolved distinct strategies for making or acquiring an essential nutrient.

TL;DR: A purified RNA-binding protein (RBP) from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron was found to have an affinity similar to other characterized regulatory RBPs.