Infant intestinal microbiome is closely linked with health and risk of disease. Bifidobacterium are important components of the infant gut and are known to confer various health effects on the host. However, few studi...Infant intestinal microbiome is closely linked with health and risk of disease. Bifidobacterium are important components of the infant gut and are known to confer various health effects on the host. However, few studies have described the precise composition and dynamics of early infant gut bifidobacterial communities. Thus, this was a pilot study aiming to describe the developmental trajectories and temporal dynamics of bifidobacterial communities in infants before 6 months of age. A total of 28 fecal samples from 4 infants(GF, ZZ, QM, TN, respectively)were collected and analyzed after 5, 15, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, and 180 days of birth by a bifidobacteria-target method(based on single-molecule real-time sequencing of partial bifidobacterial rpsK genes)in conjunction with droplet digital polymerase chain reaction(ddPCR). The infant fecal microbiota comprised a total of 11 bifidobacterial species, including 4 major species, i.e., B. dentium(37.35%), B. catenulatum(32.04%), B. breve(22.24%), and B. animalis(8.02%). The infant microbiota showed highly individualized developmental trajectories. The leading species for GF was B. catenulatum, with a relatively stable developmental trajectory. In ZZ, B. breve was enriched, and the developmental trajectory was rather fluctuating. The most abundant species for QM and TN was B. dentium. The developmental trajectory of B. dentium in QM showed a trend of gradual decrease, whereas an opposite trend was seen in samples of TN. The results of ddPCR confirmed large variations in quantities of bifidobacteria between infants and suggested discordances in temporal dynamics of bifidobacterial communities during the first half year of infancy. In conclusion, our results suggested that the early infant gut bifidobacterial microbiota was highly complex and temporal dynamics, with individualized developmental trajectories, which should be considered in future research of infant gut microbiota.展开更多
高通量测序技术的发展为研究者深入探索微生物世界提供可能。随着以Pacific Bio Sciences(PacBio)公司的单分子实时测序(Single molecule real time sequencing,SMRT)为代表的第三代测序(Third generation sequencing,TGS)技术逐渐发展...高通量测序技术的发展为研究者深入探索微生物世界提供可能。随着以Pacific Bio Sciences(PacBio)公司的单分子实时测序(Single molecule real time sequencing,SMRT)为代表的第三代测序(Third generation sequencing,TGS)技术逐渐发展成熟,微生物研究方法正面临又一次新的变革。SMRT测序技术凭借其特殊建库方式(SMRTbell)和超长的测序读长等特点,为微生物16S rRNA基因全长测序提供新的选择。同时,为组装完整可靠的宏基因组和微生物全基因组提供新方法。随着PacBio测序平台的成本大幅下降,SMRT测序技术的PacBio系列平台开始逐渐被应用于微生物16S rRNA基因测序、宏基因组测序和全基因组测序研究中。综述了SMRT测序技术的技术原理和特点及其在微生物16S rRNA基因全长测序、宏基因组测序等方面的应用,并分析了目前SMRT测序技术在微生物各方面研究中的优势和存在的问题,提出基于SMRT测序技术获得的长片段在后期分析中存在的问题。SMRT测序技术将越来越多地引入到微生物研究中,期望为将要选择使用SMRT测序技术研究微生物的研究人员提供一定参考。展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31972083)the Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (2020ZD12)+2 种基金the Inner Mongolia Science and Technology Major Projects (2021ZD0014)the Inner Mongolia Science & Technology Planning Project (2022YFSJ0017)China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA。
文摘Infant intestinal microbiome is closely linked with health and risk of disease. Bifidobacterium are important components of the infant gut and are known to confer various health effects on the host. However, few studies have described the precise composition and dynamics of early infant gut bifidobacterial communities. Thus, this was a pilot study aiming to describe the developmental trajectories and temporal dynamics of bifidobacterial communities in infants before 6 months of age. A total of 28 fecal samples from 4 infants(GF, ZZ, QM, TN, respectively)were collected and analyzed after 5, 15, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, and 180 days of birth by a bifidobacteria-target method(based on single-molecule real-time sequencing of partial bifidobacterial rpsK genes)in conjunction with droplet digital polymerase chain reaction(ddPCR). The infant fecal microbiota comprised a total of 11 bifidobacterial species, including 4 major species, i.e., B. dentium(37.35%), B. catenulatum(32.04%), B. breve(22.24%), and B. animalis(8.02%). The infant microbiota showed highly individualized developmental trajectories. The leading species for GF was B. catenulatum, with a relatively stable developmental trajectory. In ZZ, B. breve was enriched, and the developmental trajectory was rather fluctuating. The most abundant species for QM and TN was B. dentium. The developmental trajectory of B. dentium in QM showed a trend of gradual decrease, whereas an opposite trend was seen in samples of TN. The results of ddPCR confirmed large variations in quantities of bifidobacteria between infants and suggested discordances in temporal dynamics of bifidobacterial communities during the first half year of infancy. In conclusion, our results suggested that the early infant gut bifidobacterial microbiota was highly complex and temporal dynamics, with individualized developmental trajectories, which should be considered in future research of infant gut microbiota.
文摘高通量测序技术的发展为研究者深入探索微生物世界提供可能。随着以Pacific Bio Sciences(PacBio)公司的单分子实时测序(Single molecule real time sequencing,SMRT)为代表的第三代测序(Third generation sequencing,TGS)技术逐渐发展成熟,微生物研究方法正面临又一次新的变革。SMRT测序技术凭借其特殊建库方式(SMRTbell)和超长的测序读长等特点,为微生物16S rRNA基因全长测序提供新的选择。同时,为组装完整可靠的宏基因组和微生物全基因组提供新方法。随着PacBio测序平台的成本大幅下降,SMRT测序技术的PacBio系列平台开始逐渐被应用于微生物16S rRNA基因测序、宏基因组测序和全基因组测序研究中。综述了SMRT测序技术的技术原理和特点及其在微生物16S rRNA基因全长测序、宏基因组测序等方面的应用,并分析了目前SMRT测序技术在微生物各方面研究中的优势和存在的问题,提出基于SMRT测序技术获得的长片段在后期分析中存在的问题。SMRT测序技术将越来越多地引入到微生物研究中,期望为将要选择使用SMRT测序技术研究微生物的研究人员提供一定参考。
