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Research Article | Host-Microbe Biology

Asymptomatic Intestinal Colonization with Protist Blastocystis Is Strongly Associated with Distinct Microbiome Ecological Patterns

M. E. Nieves-Ramírez, O. Partida-Rodríguez, I. Laforest-Lapointe, L. A. Reynolds, E. M. Brown, A. Valdez-Salazar, P. Morán-Silva, L. Rojas-Velázquez, E. Morien, L. W. Parfrey, M. Jin, J. Walter, J. Torres, M. C. Arrieta, C. Ximénez-García, B. B. Finlay
Catherine Lozupone, Editor
M. E. Nieves-Ramírez
aLaboratorio de Inmunología del Departamento de Medicina Experimental, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
bMichael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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O. Partida-Rodríguez
aLaboratorio de Inmunología del Departamento de Medicina Experimental, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
bMichael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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I. Laforest-Lapointe
cDepartment of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
dDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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L. A. Reynolds
bMichael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
eDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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E. M. Brown
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A. Valdez-Salazar
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P. Morán-Silva
aLaboratorio de Inmunología del Departamento de Medicina Experimental, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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L. Rojas-Velázquez
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E. Morien
gDepartment of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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L. W. Parfrey
fDepartment of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
gDepartment of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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M. Jin
hDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
iSchool of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
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J. Walter
hDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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J. Torres
jUnidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, UMAE Pediatria, IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico
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M. C. Arrieta
bMichael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
cDepartment of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
dDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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bMichael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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DOI: 10.1128/mSystems.00007-18
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00007-18

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History 
  • Received January 23, 2018
  • Accepted May 2, 2018
  • Published online June 26, 2018.

Copyright & Usage 
Copyright © 2018 Nieves-Ramírez et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Editors and / or Reviewers 
  • Catherine Lozupone, Editor, University of Colorado Denver

Author Information

  1. M. E. Nieves-Ramíreza,b,
  2. O. Partida-Rodrígueza,b,
  3. I. Laforest-Lapointec,d,
  4. L. A. Reynoldsb,e,
  5. E. M. Brownb,
  6. A. Valdez-Salazara,
  7. P. Morán-Silvaa,
  8. L. Rojas-Velázqueza,
  9. E. Morieng,
  10. L. W. Parfreyf,g,
  11. M. Jinh,i,
  12. J. Walterh,
  13. J. Torresj,
  14. M. C. Arrietab,c,d,
  15. C. Ximénez-Garcíaa and
  16. B. B. Finlayb,k
  1. aLaboratorio de Inmunología del Departamento de Medicina Experimental, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
  2. bMichael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  3. cDepartment of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  4. dDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  5. eDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  6. fDepartment of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  7. gDepartment of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  8. hDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  9. iSchool of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
  10. jUnidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, UMAE Pediatria, IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico
  11. kDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Address correspondence to M. C. Arrieta, marie.arrieta{at}ucalgary.ca, or C. Ximénez-García, cximenez{at}unam.mx, or B. B. Finlay, bfinlay{at}msl.ubc.ca.
  • M.C.A., C.X.-G., and B.B.F. share equal senior authorship.

  • Citation Nieves-Ramírez ME, Partida-Rodríguez O, Laforest-Lapointe I, Reynolds LA, Brown EM, Valdez-Salazar A, Morán-Silva P, Rojas-Velázquez L, Morien E, Parfrey LW, Jin M, Walter J, Torres J, Arrieta MC, Ximénez-García C, Finlay BB. 2018. Asymptomatic intestinal colonization with protist Blastocystis is strongly associated with distinct microbiome ecological patterns. mSystems 3:e00007-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00007-18.

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M. E. Nieves-Ramírez, O. Partida-Rodríguez, I. Laforest-Lapointe, L. A. Reynolds, E. M. Brown, A. Valdez-Salazar, P. Morán-Silva, L. Rojas-Velázquez, E. Morien, L. W. Parfrey, M. Jin, J. Walter, J. Torres, M. C. Arrieta, C. Ximénez-García, B. B. Finlay
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