Another study published in 2012 showed that implanting Bacteroides uniformis bacteria into obese mice resulted in weight loss and improved blood sugar control.

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have the nickname 'forever chemicals' thanks to their persistence in the environment. While a handful of bacteria are known to mop up these ...

The Cambridge team tested 89 strains of bacteria, many of them commonly found in the human gut. They discovered that at least 38 could absorb significant amounts of PFAS, especially longer-chain types ...

Bacteroides uniformis, another depleted species, has previously been implicated in inflammatory arthritis. The specific microbiome blueprint for fibromyalgia described in the study was unique when ...

To look at sub-strains of a Bacteroides vulgatus strain, ... B. vulgatus and Bacteroides uniformis. Comparing a small number of healthy individuals and hospitalized COVID-19 patients, ...

In this study, the investigators demonstrated that mice that carried Bacteroides gut microbes (and in particular: Bacteroides caccae, Bacteroides uniformis, and Bacteroides ovatus) had an increased ...

In contrast, Bacteroides uniformis and Bacteroides vulgatus showed inter-individual oscillation over time with the appearance of either donor or recipient fecal strain dominance.

Notably, beneficial microbes like Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Parabacteroides distasonis, and Bacteroides uniformis increased. Meanwhile, potentially harmful Escherichia coli levels dropped.

In contrast, Bacteroides uniformis and Bacteroides vulgatus showed inter-individual oscillation over time with the appearance of either donor or recipient fecal strain dominance.

They have now applied this magnified analysis to monitor changes in sub-strains over shorter periods of time, days or weeks, in two key gut bacteria—B. vulgatus and Bacteroides uniformis.