Gut microbiome

Question 1

Which two phyla represent most species which inhabit the colon

Answer 1

Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes

Question 2

A plant-based diet is assocaited with which phyla?

Answer 2

Firmicutes

Question 3

Lactobacillales is part of which phyla and what respiration does it undergo?

Answer 3

Firmicute
Facultative anerobe

Question 4

Clostridiales is part of which pyla and what respiration does it undergo?

Answer 4

Firmicutes
Obilagte anaerobes

Question 5

Clostridiales produce …… and secondary bile acids that impact the host and enteric pathogens

Answer 5

butyrate

Question 6

Give an example of a bacteria of verrucomicrobia?

Answer 6

A.muciniphila

Question 7

Give an example of actinobacteria.

Answer 7

Bifidobacterium

Question 8

Give an example of proteobacteria.

Answer 8

Enterobacteriacace

Question 9

Give an example of firmicutes

Answer 9

Lactobacillales and clostridiales

Question 10

Give an example of bacteroidetes

Answer 10

Flavobacteriales

Question 11

Give 4 examples of microbiome-based therapeutics?

Answer 11

1. Diet and prebiotics
2. Symbiotic-microbial consortia
3. Engineered symbiotic bacteria
4. Microbiota-derived proteins and metabolites

Question 12

How does arginine prevent digoxin inactivation?

Answer 12

Inhibiting cgr operon activation

Question 13

Presence of the …… in gut metagenomes is associated with an increased risk for 5-ASA treatment failure.

Answer 13

microbial acetyltransferase genes