The curious case of Prevotella copri

Prevotella copri is an abundant member of the human gastrointestinal microbiome, whose relative abundance has curiously been associated with positive and negative impacts on diseases, such as Parkinson's disease and rheumatoid arthritis. Yet, the verdict is still out on the definitive role of P. copri in human health, and on the effect of different diets on its relative abundance in the gut microbiome. The puzzling discrepancies among P. copri studies have only recently been attributed to the diversity of its strains, which substantially differ in their encoded metabolic patterns from the commonly used reference strain. However, such strain differences cannot be resolved by common 16S rRNA amplicon profiling methods. Here, we scrutinize P. copri, its versatile metabolic potential, and the hypotheses behind the conflicting observations on its association with diet and human health. We also provide suggestions for designing studies and bioinformatics pipelines to better research P. copri.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Gut microbes - 15(2023), 2 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 2249152

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Abdelsalam, Nehal Adel [VerfasserIn]
Hegazy, Shaimaa M [VerfasserIn]
Aziz, Ramy K [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diet
Genomic variation
Journal Article
Metabolism
Microbiome
Pharmacomicrobiomics
Polysaccharide utilization loci
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Review
Study design
Toxicomicrobiomics

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.09.2023

Date Revised 13.09.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/19490976.2023.2249152

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361532326