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  1. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae (2020)
    Jinshui Zheng, Stijn Wittouck et al. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  2. The Impact of Dietary Fiber on Gut Microbiota in Host Health and Disease (2018)
    Kassem Makki, Edward C. Deehan et al. Cell Host & Microbe
  3. Role of the gut microbiota in nutrition and health (2018)
    Ana M. Valdes, Jens Walter et al. BMJ
  4. Individuality in gut microbiota composition is a complex polygenic trait shaped by multiple environmental and host genetic factors (2010)
    Andrew K. Benson, Scott A. Kelly et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  5. A critical assessment of the “sterile womb” and “in utero colonization” hypotheses: implications for research on the pioneer infant microbiome (2017)
    María Elisa Pérez-Muñoz, Marie‐Claire Arrieta et al. Microbiome
  6. Detection of Lactobacillus, Pediococcus, Leuconostoc , and Weissella Species in Human Feces by Using Group-Specific PCR Primers and Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (2001)
    Jens Walter, Christian Hertel et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  7. Towards a more comprehensive concept for prebiotics (2015)
    Laure B. Bindels, Nathalie M. Delzenne et al. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  8. Ecological Role of Lactobacilli in the Gastrointestinal Tract: Implications for Fundamental and Biomedical Research (2008)
    Jens Walter Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  9. Detection and Identification of Gastrointestinal Lactobacillus Species by Using Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and Species-Specific PCR Primers (2000)
    Jens Walter, Gerald W. Tannock et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  10. Resistant Starches Types 2 and 4 Have Differential Effects on the Composition of the Fecal Microbiota in Human Subjects (2010)
    Inés Martínez, Jaehyoung Kim et al. PLoS ONE
  11. Daily Sampling Reveals Personalized Diet-Microbiome Associations in Humans (2019)
    Abigail J. Johnson, Pajau Vangay et al. Cell Host & Microbe
  12. Gut microbiome composition is linked to whole grain-induced immunological improvements (2012)
    Inés Martínez, James M Lattimer et al. The ISME Journal
  13. The Gut Microbiota of Rural Papua New Guineans: Composition, Diversity Patterns, and Ecological Processes (2015)
    Inés Martínez, James Stegen et al. Cell Reports
  14. Prebiotics Reduce Body Fat and Alter Intestinal Microbiota in Children Who Are Overweight or With Obesity (2017)
    Alissa C. Nicolucci, Megan Hume et al. Gastroenterology
  15. Lifestyles in transition: evolution and natural history of the genus Lactobacillus (2017)
    Rebbeca M. Duar, Xiaoxi B. Lin et al. FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  16. Precision Microbiome Modulation with Discrete Dietary Fiber Structures Directs Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production (2020)
    Edward C. Deehan, Chen Yang et al. Cell Host & Microbe
  17. Establishing or Exaggerating Causality for the Gut Microbiome: Lessons from Human Microbiota-Associated Rodents (2020)
    Jens Walter, Anissa M. Armet et al. Cell
  18. Stable Engraftment of Bifidobacterium longum AH1206 in the Human Gut Depends on Individualized Features of the Resident Microbiome (2016)
    María X. Maldonado-Gómez, Inés Martínez et al. Cell Host & Microbe
  19. Fecal microbial transplantation and fiber supplementation in patients with severe obesity and metabolic syndrome: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial (2021)
    Valentin Mocanu, Zhengxiao Zhang et al. Nature Medicine
  20. Rethinking healthy eating in light of the gut microbiome (2022)
    Anissa M. Armet, Edward C. Deehan et al. Cell Host & Microbe
  21. Microbiome-based interventions to modulate gut ecology and the immune system (2022)
    Thomas C. A. Hitch, Lindsay J. Hall et al. Mucosal Immunology

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A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae
2020 Standout
Long-Term Temporal Analysis of the Human Fecal Microbiota Revealed a Stable Core of Dominant Bacterial Species
2013
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Jens Walter 16077 7989 5645 200 24.1k
Paul W. O’Toole 18636 7546 3947 295 28.2k
Sylvia H. Duncan 21260 7623 6435 169 28.9k
Mary Ellen Sanders 14236 12577 7048 154 24.0k
Petra Louis 17398 5639 5017 98 23.6k
G.T. Macfarlane 12081 6331 6540 156 21.6k
Karen P. Scott 12528 5262 4631 105 19.3k
Justin L. Sonnenburg 17067 4619 2896 115 22.7k
María Carmen Collado 12566 5184 6173 286 21.4k
Francisco Guarner 12394 7718 4535 207 21.7k
Joël Doré 20250 5548 3489 258 27.7k

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