Must read microbiome paper of the month: defined microbioata treatment of Cdiff infections

This is a must read: PLOS Pathogens: Targeted Restoration of the Intestinal Microbiota with a Simple, Defined Bacteriotherapy Resolves Relapsing Clostridium difficile Disease in Mice

This is the paper I referred to in a previous post: Mouse study of fecal transplants to treat Cdiff infection.  This post was about a BBC News story that appeared to have jumped the embargo.  And then the news article disappeared and the scientific article was missing.  Thankfully the paper is now out.

The article has gotten some press that was not retracted.

• Fecal Bacteria Overpower Highly Contagious C. diff Strain
• Studies show fecal transplant’s effectiveness treating C. diff infections
• The benefits of poop therapy
• The poop of the matter

More on fecal transplants and bacteriotherapy from my blog can be found below:

• Overselling the microbiome award of the month: Integrative medical group of Irvine
• Mouse study of fecal transplants to treat Cdiff infection
• Fecal transplants in the news
• Got poo?: Clinical trial on fecal transplants (aka fecal bacteriotherapy) to treat C. difficile infections
• Episode of Radio New Zealand “This Way Up”: “Meet your microbes” discussion w/ me
• Transfaunation and Fecal Transplants: What Goes Around Comes Around, Literally and Figuratively
• Maybe the next thing is animal fecal transplant toys? #poop
• Yes, Colbert did indeed discuss Fecal Transplants #microbeRule
• My science communication hero/heroine of the month – Dr. Kiki @drkiki
• More (you know you wanted it) on fecal transplants and the microbiome

Author: Jonathan Eisen

I am an evolutionary biologist and a Professor at U. C. Davis. (see my lab site here). My research focuses on the origin of novelty (how new processes and functions originate). To study this I focus on sequencing and analyzing genomes of organisms, especially microbes and using phylogenomic analysis View all posts by Jonathan Eisen