Emeritus Professor Gerald Tannock
Position | Emeritus Professor |
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Department | Department of Microbiology and Immunology |
Qualifications | BSC(Hons) PhD(Otago) FRSNZ |
Research summary | Gut microbiota (microbiome) |
Research
The gut of vertebrates is home to a bacterial collection of amazing biodiversity. For example, several hundred bacterial species live together in the human colon where they form a self-regulating community. The community is often referred to as the ‘microbiota’. Obligately anaerobic bacteria predominate in the colonic microbiota. They hydrolyze plant residues from the diet that have not been digested in the small intestine. So, the gut microbiota begins the recycling of dietary waste inside the colon by degrading plant polymers and fermenting the hydrolysis products to short chain fatty acids. These fatty acids provide a source of calories for the human because they are taken up by the intestinal mucosa and incorporated into biochemical pathways. Members of the microbiota also recycle human secretions, such as mucus. Our research objectives are to understand how the members of the microbiota (referred to as commensals) live in the gut, and the consequences to the host of this life-long association with these bacteria.
Publications
Renall, N., Lawley, B., Vatanen, T., Merz, B., Douwes, J., Corbin, M., Te Morenga, L., … Tannock, G. W. (2023). The fecal microbiotas of women of Pacific and New Zealand European ethnicities are characterized by distinctive enterotypes that reflect dietary intakes and fecal water content. Gut Microbes, 15(1), 2178801. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2023.2178801
Tannock, G. W. (2023). Gnotobiotic experimentation helps define symbiogenesis in vertebrate evolution. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2023.2169943
Kennedy, K. M., de Gouffau, M. C., Perez-Muñoz, M. E., Arrieta, M.-C., Bäckhed, F., Bork, P., … Tannock, G. W., … Walter, J. (2023). Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies. Nature, 613(7945), 639-649. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05546-8
Tannock, G. W. (2021). Building robust assemblages of bacteria in the human gut in early life. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 87(22), e01449-21. doi: 10.1128/aem.01449-21
Tannock, G. W. (2021). Modulating the gut microbiota of humans by dietary intervention with plant glycans. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 87(6), e02757-20. doi: 10.1128/aem.02757-20
Tannock, G. W. (2017). Understanding the gut microbiota. Wiley, 184p.
Authored Book - Research
Tannock, G. W. (Ed.). (2005). Probiotics and prebiotics: Scientific aspects. Norfolk, UK: Caister Academic Press, 230p.
Edited Book - Research
Tannock, G. W. (Ed.). (2002). Probiotics and Prebiotics: Where are we going? Norfolk: Caister Academic Press, 333p.
Edited Book - Research
Tannock, G. W. (Ed.). (1999). Medical importance of the normal microflora. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 515p.
Edited Book - Research
Tannock, G. W. (Ed.). (1999). Probiotics: a critical review. Wymondham, UK: Horizon Scientific Press, 161p.
Edited Book - Research
Lawley, B., & Tannock, G. W. (2017). Analysis of 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequences using the QIIME software package. In G. J. Seymour, M. P. Cullinan & N. C. K. Heng (Eds.), Oral biology: Molecular techniques and applications: Methods in molecular biology (Vol. 1537). (2nd ed.) (pp. 153-163). New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6685-1_9
Chapter in Book - Research
Gopal, P., & Tannock, G. W. (2010). Single and multiple probiotic organisms in therapy of disease. In M. H. Floch & A. S. Kim (Eds.), Probiotics: A clinical guide. (pp. 121-130). Thorofare, NJ: SLACK.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tannock, G. W. (2010). Analysis of bifidobacterial populations in bowel ecology studies. In B. Mayo & D. van Sinderen (Eds.), Bifidobacteria: Genomics and molecular aspects. (pp. 1-16). Norfolk, UK: Caister Academic Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tannock, G. W. (2009). Microbial succession and gut health: Probiotics. In L.-A. Jaykus, H. H. Wang & L. S. Schlesinger (Eds.), Food-borne microbes: Shaping the host ecosystem. (pp. 63-80). Washington, DC: ASM Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tannock, G. W. (2009). The microbiota of humans. In B. Henderson, M. A. Curtis, R. M. Seymour & N. Donos (Eds.), Periodontal medicine and systems biology. (pp. 129-138). Chichester, UK: Blackwell.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tannock, G. W. (2009). What pediatricians need to know about the analysis of the gut microbiota. In S. Michail & P. M. Sherman (Eds.), Probiotics in pediatric medicine. (pp. 17-28). Totowa, NJ: Human Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60327-289-6
Chapter in Book - Research
Bibiloni, R., Lay, C., & Tannock, G. W. (2008). Probiotics: Lessons learned from nucleic acid-based analysis of bowel communities. In L. Cocolin & D. Ercolini (Eds.), Molecular techniques in the microbial ecology of fermented foods. (pp. 225-244). New York: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tannock, G. W. (2008). Role of the indigenous microbiota in health and disease. In J. Versalovic & M. Wilson (Eds.), Therapeutic microbiology: Probiotics and related strategies. (pp. 9-18). Washington, DC: ASM Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tannock, G. W. (2005). Microbiota of mucosal surfaces in the gut of monogastric animals. In J. P. Nataro, P. S. Cohen, H. L. T. Mobley & J. N. Weiser (Eds.), Colonization of Mucosal Surfaces. (5 ed.) (pp. 163-178). Washington D.C.: ASM Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tannock, G. W. (2005). The tangled bank and gut microbial ecology. In G. W. Tannock (Ed.), Probiotics and prebiotics: Scientific aspects. (pp. 217-223). Norfolk, UK: Caister Academic Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Bibiloni, R., Walter, J., & Tannock, G. W. (2004). The gut microflora. In M. M. Nakano & P. Zuber (Eds.), Strict and facultative anaerobes: Medical and environmental aspects. (pp. 125-143). UK: Horizon Scientific Press.
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Tannock, G. W. (2003). The intestinal microflora. In R. Fuller & G. Perdigón (Eds.), Gut flora, nutrition, immunity and health. (pp. 1-23). Oxford: Blackwell.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tannock, G. W. (2002). Probiotics and prebiotics: Where are we going? In G. W. Tannock (Ed.), Probiotics and Prebiotics: Where are we going? (pp. 1-39). Wymondham, UK: Caister Academic Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tannock, G. W., & Cook, G. (2002). Enterococci as members of the intestinal microflora of humans. In M. S. Gilmore & et al (Eds.), The Enterococci: Pathogenesis, Molecular Biology, and Antibiotic Resistance. (pp. 101-132). Washington, DC: ASM Press.
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Tannock, G. W. (2000). The intestinal microflora: potentially fertile ground for microbial physiologists. In R. K. Poole (Ed.), Advances in Microbial Physiology. (pp. 25-46). London: Academic Press.
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Tannock, G. W. (1999). A fresh look at the intestinal microflora. In G. W. Tannock (Ed.), Probiotics: a critical review. (pp. 5-14). Wymondham, UK: Horizon Scientific Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tannock, G. W. (1999). Identification of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria. In G. W. Tannock (Ed.), Probiotics : a critical review. (pp. 45-56). Wymondham, UK: Horizon Scientific Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tannock, G. W. (1999). Modification of the normal microflora. In G. W. Tannock (Ed.), Medical importance of the normal microflora. (pp. 487-506). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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Tannock, G. W. (1999). The microecology of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria inhabiting the digestive tract: essential knowledge for successful probiotic research. In L. A. Hanson & R. H. Yolken (Eds.), Probiotics, other nutritional factors and intestinal microflora. Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series, volume 42. (pp. 17-31). New York: Lippincott-Raven.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tannock, G. W. (1999). The normal microflora: an introduction. In G. W. Tannock (Ed.), Medical Importance of the normal microflora. (pp. 1-23). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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Tannock, G. W. (1997). Influences of the normal microflora on the animal host. In R. I. Mackie, B. A. White & R. E. Isaacson (Eds.), Gastrointestinal Microbiology: Volume 2, Gastrointestinal Microbes and Host Interactions. (pp. 466-497). New York: Chapman and Hall.
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Tannock, G. W. (1997). Modification of the normal microflora by diet, stress, antimicrobial agents, and probiotics. In R. I. Mackie, B. A. White & R. E. Isaacson (Eds.), Gastrointestinal Microbiology: Volume 2, Gastrointestinal Microbes and Host Interactions. (pp. 434-465). New York: Chapman and Hall.
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Tannock, G. W. (1997). The normal microflora of the gastrointestinal tract of rodents. In R. I. Mackie, B. A. White & R. E. Isaacson (Eds.), Gastrointestinal Microbiology: Volume 2, Gastrointestinal Microbes and Host Interactions. (pp. 187-215). New York: Chapman and Hall.
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Jenkinson, H. F., Mc Nab, R., Loach, D. M., & Tannock, G. W. (1995). Lipoprotein receptors in raol streptococci. In J. J. Ferretti, T. R. Klaenhammer & F. Brown (Eds.), Genetics of Streptococci, Enterococci and Lactococci. (Development of Biological Standardization; 85). (pp. 333-341). Basel: Karger.
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Mc Nab, R., Tannock, G. W., & Jenkinson, H. F. (1995). Characterization of CshA, a high molecular mass adhesin of Streptococcus gordonii. In J. J. Ferretti, T. R. Klaenhammer & F. Brown (Eds.), Genetics of Streptococci, Enterococci and Lactococci. (Development of Biological Standardization 85). (pp. 371-375). Basel: Karger.
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Tannock, G. W. (1995). The microecology of lactic acid-producing bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract. In R. Fuller, P. J. Heidt, V. Rusch & D. van der Waaij (Eds.), Probiotics: Prospects of Use in Opportunistic Infections. (pp. 9-81). Herbon-Dill, Germany: Institute for Microecology(Old Herborn University.
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Renall, N., Lawley, B., Vatanen, T., Merz, B., Douwes, J., Corbin, M., Te Morenga, L., … Tannock, G. W. (2023). The fecal microbiotas of women of Pacific and New Zealand European ethnicities are characterized by distinctive enterotypes that reflect dietary intakes and fecal water content. Gut Microbes, 15(1), 2178801. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2023.2178801
Journal - Research Article
Centanni, M., Bell, T. J., Sims, I. M., & Tannock, G. W. (2020). Preferential use of plant glycans for growth by Bacteroides ovatus. Anaerobe, 66, 102276. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2020.102276
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Centanni, M., Sims, I. M., Bell, T. J., Biswas, A., & Tannock, G. W. (2020). Sharing a β-glucan meal: Transcriptomic eavesdropping on a Bacteroides ovatus-Subdoligranulum variabile-Hungatella hathewayi consortium. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 86(20), e01651-20. doi: 10.1128/aem.01651-20
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Jayasinghe, T. N., Vatanen, T., Chiavaroll, V., Jayan, S., McKenzie, E. J., Andriaenssens, E., … Roy, N. C., Tannock, G. W., … O'Sullivan, J. M. (2020). Differences in compositions of gut bacterial populations and bacteriophages in 5-11 year-olds born preterm compared to full term. Frontiers in Cellular & Infection Microbiology, 10, 276. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00276
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Leong, C., Haszard, J. J., Heath, A.-L. M., Tannock, G. W., Lawley, B., Cameron, S. L., Szymlek-Gay, E. A., Gray, A. R., Taylor, B. J., Galland, B. C., Lawrence, J. A., Otal, A., Hughes, A., & Taylor, R. W. (2020). Using compositional principal component analysis to describe children's gut microbiota in relation to diet and body composition. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 111(1), 70-78. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz270
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Liu, Y., Heath, A.-L., Galland, B., Rehrer, N., Drummond, L., Wu, X.-Y., … Lawley, B., … Tannock, G. W. (2020). Substrate use prioritization by a coculture of five species of gut bacteria fed mixtures of arabinoxylan, xyloglucan, β-glucan, and pectin. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 86, e01905-19. doi: 10.1128/aem.01905-19
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Sims, I. M., & Tannock, G. W. (2020). Galacto- and fructo-oligosaccharides utilized for growth by cocultures of bifidobacterial species characteristic of the infant gut. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 86(11), e00214-20. doi: 10.1128/aem.00214-20
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Centanni, M., Carnachan, S. M., Bell, T. J., Daines, A. M., Hinkley, S. F. R., Tannock, G. W., & Sims, I. M. (2019). Utilization of complex pectic polysaccharides from New Zealand plants (Tetragonia tetragonioides and Corynocarpus laevigatus) by gut Bacteroides species. Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, 67, 7755-7764. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b02429
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Centanni, M., Ferguson, S. A., Sims, I. M., Biswas, A., & Tannock, G. W. (2019). Bifidobacterium bifidum ATCC 15696 and Bifidobacterium breve 24b metabolic interaction based on 2'-O-fucosyl-lactose studied in steady-state cultures in a Freter-style chemostat. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 85(7), e02783-18. doi: 10.1128/aem.02783-18
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Kim, C. C., Healey, G. R., Kelly, W. J., Patchett, M. L., Jordens, Z., Tannock, G. W., … Rosendale, D. I. (2019). Genomic insights from Monoglobus pectinilyticus: A pectin-degrading specialist bacterium in the human colon. ISME Journal, 90, 1437-1456. doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0363-6
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Lawley, B., Otal, A., Moloney-Geany, K., Diana, A., Houghton, L., Heath, A.-L. M., Taylor, R. W., & Tannock, G. W. (2019). Fecal microbiotas of Indonesian and New Zealand children differ in complexity and bifidobacterial taxa during the first year of life. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 85(19), e01105-1. doi: 10.1128/aem.01105-19
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Murphy, R., Morgan, X. C., Wang, X. Y., Wickens, K., Purdie, G., Fitzharris, P., Otal, A., Lawley, B., Stanley, T., Barthow, C., Crane, J., … Tannock, G. W. (2019). Eczema-protective probiotic alters infant gut microbiome functional capacity but not composition: Sub-sample analysis from a RCT. Beneficial Microbes, 10(1), 5-17. doi: 10.3920/bm2017.0191
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Bell, T. J., Draper, S. L., Centanni, M., Carnachan, S. M., Tannock, G. W., & Sims, I. M. (2018). Characterization of polysaccharides from feijoa fruits (Acca sellowiana Berg.) and their utilization as growth substrates by gut commensal Bacteroides species. Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, 66(50), 13277-13284. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b05080
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Centanni, M., Lawley, B., Butts, C. A., Roy, N. C., Lee, J., Kelly, W. J., & Tannock, G. W. (2018). Bifidobacterium pseudolongum in the ceca of rats fed Hi-Maize starch has characteristics of a keystone species in bifidobacterial blooms. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 84(15), e00547-18. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00547-18
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Lawley, B., Centanni, M., Watanabe, J., Sims, I., Carnachan, S., Broadbent, R., Lee, P. S., … Tannock, G. W. (2018). tuf gene sequence variation in Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis detected in the fecal microbiota of Chinese infants. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 84(13), e00336-18. doi: 10.1128/aem.00336-18
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Leong, C., Haszard, J. J., Lawley, B., Otal, A., Taylor, R. W., Szymlek-Gay, E. A., Fleming, E. A., Daniels, L., Fangupo, L. J., Tannock, G. W., & Heath, A.-L. M. (2018). Mediation analysis as a means of identifying dietary components that differentially affect the fecal microbiota of infants weaned by modified baby-led and traditional approaches. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 84(18), e00914-18. doi: 10.1128/aem.00914-18
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Leong, C., Taylor, R. W., Haszard, J. J., Fleming, E. A., Tannock, G. W., Szymlek-Gay, E. A., … Carter, H., … Heath, A.-L. M. (2018). Relative validity and reproducibility of a food frequency questionnaire to assess nutrients and food groups of relevance to the gut microbiota in young children. Nutrients, 10(11), 1627. doi: 10.3390/nu10111627
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Taylor, R. W., Gray, A. R., Heath, A.-L. M., Galland, B. C., Lawrence, J., Sayers, R., Healey, D., Tannock, G. W., Meredith-Jones, K. A., Hanna, M., Hatch, B., & Taylor, B. J. (2018). Sleep, nutrition, and physical activity interventions to prevent obesity in infancy: Follow-up of the Prevention of Overweight in Infancy (POI) randomized controlled trial at ages 3.5 and 5 y. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 108(2), 228, 236. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy090
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Wilson, R., Willis, J., Gearry, R. B., Hughes, A., Lawley, B., Skidmore, P., Frampton, C., Fleming, E., Anderson, A., Jones, L., Tannock, G. W., & Carr, A. C. (2018). SunGold kiwifruit supplementation of individuals with prediabetes alters gut microbiota and improves Vitamin C status, anthropometric and clinical markers. Nutrients, 10, 895. doi: 10.3390/nu10070895
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Centanni, M., Hutchinson, J. C., Carnachan, S. M., Daines, A. M., Kelly, W. J., Tannock, G. W., & Sims, I. M. (2017). Differential growth of bowel commensal Bacteroides species on plant xylans of differing structural complexity. Carbohydrate Polymers, 157, 1374-1382. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.11.017
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Kim, C. C., Kelly, W. J., Patchett, M. L., Tannock, G. W., Jordens, Z., Stoklosinski, H. M., … Rosendale, D. I. (2017). Monoglobus pectinilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a pectinolytic bacterium isolated from human faeces. International Journal of Systematic & Evolutionary Microbiology, 67, 4992-4998. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002395
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Lawley, B., Munro, K., Hughes, A., Hodgkinson, A. J., Prosser, C. G., Lowry, D., … Tannock, G. W. (2017). Differentiation of Bifidobacterium longum subspecies longum and infantis by quantitative PCR using functional gene targets. PeerJ, 5, e3375. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3375
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Ranjitkar, S., Lawley, B., Tannock, G., & Engberg, R. M. (2016). Bacterial successions in the broiler gastrointestinal tract. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 82(8), 2399-2410. doi: 10.1128/aem.02549-15
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Samuelsson, L. M., Young, W., Fraser, K., Tannock, G. W., Lee, J., & Roy, N. C. (2016). Digestive-resistant carbohydrates affect lipid metabolism in rats. Metabolomics, 12(5). doi: 10.1007/s11306-016-1016-7
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Taylor, R. W., Heath, A.-L. M., Galland, B. C., Cameron, S. L., Lawrence, J. A., Gray, A. R., Tannock, G. W., Lawley, B., Healey, D., Sayers, R. M., Hanna, M., Meredith-Jones, K., Hatch, B., & Taylor, B. J. (2016). Three-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial to reduce excessive weight gain in the first two years of life: Protocol for the POI follow-up study. BMC Public Health, 16, 771. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3383-4
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Daines, A. M., Smart, Z., Sims, I. M., Tannock, G. W., & Hinkley, S. F. R. (2015). Synthesis, characterisation and microbial utilisation of amorphous polysugars from lactose. Carbohydrate Polymers, 117, 223-229. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.09.061
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Kullin, B., Tannock, G. W., Loach, D. M., Kimura, K., Abratt, V. R., & Reid, S. J. (2014). A functional analysis of the formyl-coenzyme A (frc) gene from Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23C. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 116(6), 1657-1667. doi: 10.1111/jam.12500
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Tannock, G. W., Lawley, B., Munro, K., Sims, I. M., Lee, J., Butts, C. A., & Roy, N. (2014). RNA-stable isotope probing shows utilization of carbon from inulin by specific bacterial populations in the rat large bowel. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 80(7), 2240-2247. doi: 10.1128/aem.03799-13
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Tannock, G. W., Taylor, C., Lawley, B., Loach, D., Gould, M., Dunn, A. C., McLellan, A. D., Black, M. A., McNoe, L., Dekker, J., … Collett, M. A. (2014). Altered transcription of murine genes induced in the small bowel by administration of probiotic strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 80(9), 2851-2859. doi: 10.1128/aem.00336-14
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Wilson, C. M., Loach, D., Lawley, B., Bell, T., Sims, I. M., O'Toole, P. W., … Tannock, G. W. (2014). Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23 modulates urea hydrolysis in the murine stomach. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 80(19), 6104-6113. doi: 10.1128/aem.01876-14
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Lawley, B., Sims, I. M., & Tannock, G. W. (2013). Whole-transcriptome shotgun sequencing (RNA-seq) screen reveals upregulation of cellobiose and motility operons of Lactobacillus ruminis L5 during growth on tetrasaccharides derived from barley β-glucan. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 79(18), 5661-5669. doi: 10.1128/aem.01887-13
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Oswari, H., Prayitno, L., Dwipoerwantoro, P. G., Firmansyah, A., Makrides, M., Lawley, B., … Tannock, G. W. (2013). Comparison of stool microbiota compositions, stool alpha1-antitrypsin and calprotectin concentrations, and diarrhoeal morbidity of Indonesian infants fed breast milk or probiotic/prebiotic-supplemented formula. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 49, 1032-1039. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12307
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Tannock, G. W., Lawley, B., Munro, K., Pathmanathan, S. G., Zhou, S. J., Makrides, M., … Hodgkinson, A. J. (2013). Comparison of the compositions of the stool microbiotas of infants fed goat milk formula in comparison to cow milk-based formula, or breast milk. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 79(9), 3040-3048. doi: 10.1128/aem.03910-12
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Young Yoon, M., Lee, K.-M., Go, J., Park, Y., Cho, Y.-J., Tannock, G. W., & Yoon, S. S. (2013). Functional screening of a metagenomic library reveals operons responsible for enhanced intestinal colonization by gut commensal microbes. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 79(12), 3829-3838. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00581-13
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Young, W., Roy, N. C., Lee, J., Lawley, B., Otter, D., Henderson, G., & Tannock, G. W. (2013). Bowel microbiota moderate host physiological responses to dietary konjac in weanling rats1-3. Journal of Nutrition, 143, 1052-1060. doi: 10.3945/jn.113.174854
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Gore, C., Custovic, A., Tannock, G. W., Munro, K., Kerry, G., Johnson, K., … Woodcock, A. (2012). Treatment and secondary prevention effects of the probiotics Lactobacillus paracasei or Bifidobacterium lactis on early infant eczema: Randomized controlled trial with follow-up until age 3 years. Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 42(1), 112-122. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03885.x
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Lawley, B., & Tannock, G. W. (2012). Nucleic acid-based methods to assess the composition and function of the bowel microbiota. Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 41(4), 855-868. doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2012.08.010
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Tannock, G. W., Lawley, B., Munro, K., Lay, C., Taylor, C., Daynes, C., … Thompson-Fawcett, M. (2012). Comprehensive analysis of the bacterial content of stool from patients with chronic pouchitis, normal pouches, or familial adenomatous polyposis pouches. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 18(5), 925-934. doi: 10.1002/ibd.21936
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Tannock, G. W., Wilson, C. M., Loach, D., Cook, G. M., Eason, J., O'Toole, P. W., … Lawley, B. (2012). Resource partitioning in relation to cohabitation of Lactobacillus species in the mouse forestomach. ISME Journal, 6, 927-938. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2011.161
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Wilson, C. M., Aggio, R. B. M., O'Toole, P. W., Villas-Boas, S., & Tannock, G. W. (2012). Transcriptional and metabolomic consequences of luxS inactivation reveal a metabolic rather than quorum-sensing role for luxS in Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23. Journal of Bacteriology, 194(7), 1743-1746. doi: 10.1128/jb.06318-11
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Young, W., Roy, N. C., Lee, J., Lawley, B., Otter, D., Henderson, G., … Tannock, G. W. (2012). Changes in bowel microbiota induced by feeding weanlings resistant starch stimulate transcriptomic and physiological responses. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 78(18), 6656-6664. doi: 10.1128/aem.01536-12
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Frese, S. A., Benson, A. K., Tannock, G. W., Loach, D. M., Kim, J., Zhang, M., … Heng, N. C. K., … Walter, J. (2011). The evolution of host specialization in the vertebrate gut symbiont Lactobacillus reuteri. PLoS Genetics, 7(2), e1001314. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001314
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Preidis, G. A., Hill, C., Guerrant, R. L., Ramakrishna, B. S., Tannock, G. W., & Versalovic, J. (2011). Probiotics, enteric and diarrheal diseases, and global health. Gastroenterology, 140(1), 8-14. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.11.010
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Sims, I. M., Frese, S. A., Walter, J., Loach, D., Wilson, M., Appleyard, K., … Livingston, M., Baird, M., Cook, G., & Tannock, G. W. (2011). Structure and functions of exopolysaccharide produced by gut commensal Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23. ISME Journal, 5(7), 1115-1124. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2010.201
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Tannock, G. W., Tiong, I. S., Priest, P., Munro, K., Taylor, C., Richardson, A., & Schultz, M. (2011). Testing probiotic strain Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (Mutaflor) for its ability to reduce carriage of multidrug-resistant E. coli by elderly residents in long-term care facilities. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 60(3), 366-370. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.025874-0
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Tayuan, C., Tannock, G. W., & Rodtong, S. (2011). Growth and exopolysaccharide production by Weissella sp. from low-cost substitutes for sucrose. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 5(22), 3693-3701.
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Livingston, M., Loach, D., Wilson, M., Tannock, G. W., & Baird, M. (2010). Gut commensal Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23 stimulates an immunoregulatory response. Immunology & Cell Biology, 88(1), 99-102. doi: 10.1038/icb.2009.71
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Tannock, G. W. (2010). The bowel microbiota and inflammatory bowel diseases. International Journal of Inflammation, 954051. doi: 10.4061/2010/954051
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Tannock, G. W., Munro, K., Taylor, C., Lawley, B., Young, W., Byrne, B., … Louie, T. (2010). A new macrocyclic antibiotic, fidaxomicin (OPT-80), causes less alteration to the bowel microbiota of Clostridium difficile-infected patients than does vancomycin. Microbiology, 156(11), 3354-3359. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.042010-0
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Dekker, J. W., Wickens, K., Black, P. C., Stanley, T. V., Mitchell, E. A., Fitzharris, P., Tannock, G. W., Purdie, G., & Crane, J. (2009). Safety aspects of probiotic bacterial strains Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis HN019 in human infants aged 0-2 years. International Dairy Journal, 19(3), 149-154. doi: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2008.10.004
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Moran, J. P., Walter, J., Tannock, G. W., Tonkonogy, S. L., & Sartor, R. B. (2009). Bifidobacterium animalis causes extensive duodenitis and mild colonic inflammation in monoassociated interleukin-10-deficient mice. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 15(7), 1022-1031. doi: 10.1002/ibd.20900
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Stebbings, S. M., Taylor, C., Tannock, G. W., Baird, M. A., & Highton, J. (2009). The immune response to autologous bacteroides in ankylosing spondylitis is characterized by reduced interleukin 10 production. Journal of Rheumatology, 36(4), 797-800. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.080964
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Bibiloni, R., Tandon, P., Vargas-Voracka, F., Barreto-Zuniga, R., Lupian-Sanchez, A., Rico-Hinojosa, M. A., … Tannock, G. W. (2008). Differential clustering of bowel biopsy-associated bacterial profiles of specimens collected in Mexico and Canada: What do these profiles represent? Journal of Medical Microbiology, 57(1), 111-117. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.47321-0
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Gore, C., Munro, K., Lay, C., Bibiloni, R., Morris, J., Woodcock, A., … Tannock, G. W. (2008). Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum is associated with atopic eczema: A nested case-control study investigating the fecal microbiota of infants. Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, 121(1), 135-140.
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Hoffman, M., Rath, E., Hölzlwimmer, G., Quintanilla-Martinez, L., Loach, D., Tannock, G., & Haller, D. (2008). Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23 transiently activates intestinal epithelial cells of mice that have a complex microbiota during early stages of colonization. Journal of Nutrition, 138(9), 1684-1691.
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Matisoo-Smith, E., Roberts, K., Welikala, N., Tannock, G., Chester, P., Feek, D., & Flenley, J. (2008). Recovery of DNA and pollen from New Zealand lake sediments. Quaternary International, 184(1), 139-149.
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Sartor, R. B., Autenreith, I. B., Darfeuille-Michaud, A., Fox, J., Tannock, G. W., Versalovic, J., & Young, V. B. (2008). Challenges in IBD research: Assessing progress and rethinking the research agenda: II. Report of microbial-host interactions workgroup. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 14(5), 692-694.
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Sokol, H., Lay, C., Seksik, P., & Tannock, G. W. (2008). Analysis of bacterial bowel communities of IBD patients: What has it revealed? Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 14(6), 858-867.
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Tannock, G. W. (2008). Molecular analysis of the intestinal microflora in IBD. Mucosal Immunology, 1(Suppl. 1), S15-S18.
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Tannock, G. W. (2008). The search for disease-associated compositional shifts in bowel bacterial communities of humans. Trends in Microbiology, 16(10), 488-495.
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Walter, J., Schwab, C., Loach, D. M., Gänzle, M. G., & Tannock, G. W. (2008). Glucosyltransferase A (GtfA) and inulosucrase (Inu) of Lactobacillus reuteri TMW1.106 contribute to cell aggregation, in vitro biofilm formation, and colonization of the mouse gastrointestinal tract. Microbiology, 154, 72-80.
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Wickens, K., Black, P. N., Stanley, T. V., Mitchell, E., Fitzharris, P., Tannock, G. W., Purdie, G., Crane, J., and the Probiotic Study Group, including Jones, B., Lampshire, P., & Munro, K. (2008). A differential effect of 2 probiotics in the prevention of eczema and atopy: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, 122(4), 788-794. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.07.011
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Harrow, S. A., Ravindran, V., Butler, R. C., Marshall, J. W., & Tannock, G. W. (2007). Real-time quantitative PCR measurement of ileal Lactobacillus salivarius populations from broiler chickens to determine the influence of farming practices. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 73(22), 7123-7127. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01289-07
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Mah, K. W., Chin, V. I. L., Wong, W. S., Lay, C., Tannock, G. W., Shek, L. P., … Lee, B. W. (2007). Effect of a milk formula containing probiotics on the fecal microbiota of Asian infants at risk of atopic diseases. Pediatric Research, 62(6), 674-679.
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Pope, C., Wilson, J., Taboada, E. N., MacKinnon, J., Felipe Alves, C. A., Nash, J. H. E., … Tannock, G. W. (2007). Epidemiology, relative invasive ability, molecular characterization, and competitive performance of Campylobacter jejuni strains in the chicken gut. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 73(24), 7959-7966.
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Schwab, C., Walter, J., Tannock, G. W., Vogel, R. F., & Gänzle, M. G. (2007). Sucrose utilization and impact of sucrose on glycosyltransferase expression in Lactobacillus reuteri. Systematic & Applied Microbiology, 30, 433-443.
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Walter, J., Loach, D. M., Alqumber, M., Rockel, C., Hermann, C., Pfitzenmaier, M., & Tannock, G. W. (2007). D-Alanyl ester depletion of teichoic acids in Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23 results in impaired colonization of the mouse gastrointestinal tract. Environmental Microbiology, 9(7), 1750-1760.
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Bibiloni, R., Mangold, M., Madsen, K. L., Fedorak, R. N., & Tannock, G. W. (2006). The bacteriology of biopsies differs between newly diagnosed, untreated, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis patients. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 55, 1141-1149.
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Feek, D. T., Flenley, J. R., Chester, P. I., Welikala, N., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., & Tannock, G. W. (2006). A modified sampler for uncontaminated DNA cores from soft sediments. Journal of Archaeological Science, 33, 573-574. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.09.013
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