Professor Maria L Marco, PhD

Professor at UC Davis with expertise in food and gut microbiomes

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Health benefits of fermented foods: microbiota and beyond
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
2017
The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on fermented foods
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
2021
Impact of Diet-Modulated Butyrate Production on Intestinal Barrier Function and Inflammation
Nutrients
2018
Towards understanding molecular modes of probiotic action
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
2006
Intestinal Lactobacillus in health and disease, a driver or just along for the ride?
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
2018
Identification of probiotic effector molecules: present state and future perspectives
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
2018
Food Formats for Effective Delivery of Probiotics
Annual Review of Food Science and Technology
2010
Resistant starch alters gut microbiome and metabolomic profiles concurrent with amelioration of chronic kidney disease in rats
American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology
2016
The intestinal microbiota in aged mice is modulated by dietary resistant starch and correlated with improvements in host responses
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
2012
Identification of Lactobacillus plantarum genes modulating the cytokine response of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells
BMC Microbiology
2010
Can encapsulation lengthen the shelf-life of probiotic bacteria in dry products?
International Journal of Food Microbiology
2010
Genetic Characterization of the Bile Salt Response in Lactobacillus plantarum and Analysis of Responsive Promoters In Vitro and In Situ in the Gastrointestinal Tract
Journal of Bacteriology
2004
Molecular mechanisms of probiotic prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
2020
Season, Irrigation, Leaf Age, and Escherichia coli Inoculation Influence the Bacterial Diversity in the Lettuce Phyllosphere
PLoS ONE
2013
Effects of Arabinoxylan and Resistant Starch on Intestinal Microbiota and Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Subjects with Metabolic Syndrome: A Randomised Crossover Study
PLOS ONE
2016
The Core and Seasonal Microbiota of Raw Bovine Milk in Tanker Trucks and the Impact of Transfer to a Milk Processing Facility
mBio
2016
The Role of the Gut Microbiome in Predicting Response to Diet and the Development of Precision Nutrition Models. Part II: Results
Advances in Nutrition
2019
Spatial and Temporal Expression of Lactobacillus plantarum Genes in the Gastrointestinal Tracts of Mice
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2007
Safety of the Surrogate Microorganism Enterococcus faecium NRRL B-2354 for Use in Thermal Process Validation
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2014
Lifestyle of Lactobacillus plantarum in the mouse caecum
Environmental Microbiology
2009
Short- and Long-Term Adaptation to Ethanol Stress and Its Cross-Protective Consequences in Lactobacillus plantarum
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2011
Convergence in probiotic Lactobacillus gut-adaptive responses in humans and mice
The ISME Journal
2010
Lactobacillus plantarum bacteriocin is associated with intestinal and systemic improvements in diet-induced obese mice and maintains epithelial barrier integrity in vitro
Gut Microbes
2018
Abundance, diversity and plant‐specific adaptations of plant‐associated lactic acid bacteria
Environmental Microbiology Reports
2019
Microbiota, metabolome, and immune alterations in obese mice fed a high‐fat diet containing type 2 resistant starch
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
2017
Should There Be a Recommended Daily Intake of Microbes?
The Journal of Nutrition
2020
Early Mucosal Sensing of SIV Infection by Paneth Cells Induces IL-1β Production and Initiates Gut Epithelial Disruption
PLoS Pathogens
2014
Pseudomonas syringae genes induced during colonization of leaf surfaces
Environmental Microbiology
2005
Phyllosphere Microbiota Composition and Microbial Community Transplantation on Lettuce Plants Grown Indoors
mBio
2014
Conserved and variable responses of the gut microbiome to resistant starch type 2
Nutrition Research
2020
Effects of pectinolytic yeast on the microbial composition and spoilage of olive fermentations
Food Microbiology
2013
Understanding Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Profiles of Salmonella Biofilm and Planktonic Bacteria Challenged with Disinfectants Commonly Used During Poultry Processing
Foods
2019
Effects of genetic, processing, or product formulation changes on efficacy and safety of probiotics
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
2014
Effect of 12 wk of resistant starch supplementation on cardiometabolic risk factors in adults with prediabetes: a randomized controlled trial
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2018
Nonclinical and Clinical Enterococcus faecium Strains, but Not Enterococcus faecalis Strains, Have Distinct Structural and Functional Genomic Features
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2014
Attenuation of Colitis by Lactobacillus casei BL23 Is Dependent on the Dairy Delivery Matrix
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2015
Fermented foods and gastrointestinal health: underlying mechanisms
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
2023
Diet alters probiotic Lactobacillus persistence and function in the intestine
Environmental Microbiology
2013
The Effects of Moderate Whole Grain Consumption on Fasting Glucose and Lipids, Gastrointestinal Symptoms, and Microbiota
Nutrients
2017
A Classification System for Defining and Estimating Dietary Intake of Live Microbes in US Adults and Children
The Journal of Nutrition
2022
Resistant Starch Type 2 from Wheat Reduces Postprandial Glycemic Response with Concurrent Alterations in Gut Microbiota Composition
Nutrients
2021
Modulation of Lactobacillus plantarum Gastrointestinal Robustness by Fermentation Conditions Enables Identification of Bacterial Robustness Markers
PLoS ONE
2012
Environmental factors influencing the efficacy of probiotic bacteria
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
2013
Positive Health Outcomes Associated with Live Microbe Intake from Foods, Including Fermented Foods, Assessed using the NHANES Database
The Journal of Nutrition
2023
Extracellular electron transfer increases fermentation in lactic acid bacteria via a hybrid metabolism
eLife
2022
PPARα-targeted mitochondrial bioenergetics mediate repair of intestinal barriers at the host–microbe intersection during SIV infection
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2019
Impact of Different Fecal Processing Methods on Assessments of Bacterial Diversity in the Human Intestine
Frontiers in Microbiology
2016
Transcriptomes Reveal Genetic Signatures Underlying Physiological Variations Imposed by Different Fermentation Conditions in Lactobacillus plantarum
PLoS ONE
2012
Assessments of Total and Viable Escherichia coli O157:H7 on Field and Laboratory Grown Lettuce
PLoS ONE
2013
Emerging Aspects of Food and Nutrition on Gut Microbiota
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2013
Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet Supplemented with Resistant Starch Display Marked Shifts in the Liver Metabolome Concurrent with Altered Gut Bacteria
The Journal of Nutrition
2016
Assessment of real-time RT-PCR for quantification of Lactobacillus plantarum gene expression during stationary phase and nutrient starvation
Journal of Applied Microbiology
2007
Impact of DNA Sequencing and Analysis Methods on 16S rRNA Gene Bacterial Community Analysis of Dairy Products
mSphere
2018
Bacteriocin biosynthesis contributes to the anti-inflammatory capacities of probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum
Beneficial Microbes
2018
High-Amylose Maize, Potato, and Butyrylated Starch Modulate Large Intestinal Fermentation, Microbial Composition, and Oncogenic miRNA Expression in Rats Fed A High-Protein Meat Diet
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2019
Viable and Total Bacterial Populations Undergo Equipment- and Time-Dependent Shifts during Milk Processing
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2019
Supplementation of Lactobacillus plantarum Improves Markers of Metabolic Dysfunction Induced by a High Fat Diet
Journal of Proteome Research
2018
Improving healthspan via changes in gut microbiota and fermentation
AGE
2015
Lactococcus lactis Metabolism and Gene Expression during Growth on Plant Tissues
Journal of Bacteriology
2014
Sequence-Specific Electrical Purification of Nucleic Acids with Nanoporous Gold Electrodes
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2016
RNA-Based Detection Does not Accurately Enumerate Living Escherichia coli O157:H7 Cells on Plants
Frontiers in Microbiology
2016
Draft Genome Sequence of the Phyllosphere Model Bacterium Pantoea agglomerans 299R
Genome Announcements
2013
Role of resistant starch on diabetes risk factors in people with prediabetes: Design, conduct, and baseline results of the STARCH trial
Contemporary Clinical Trials
2018
Polyol production during heterofermentative growth of the plant isolate Lactobacillus florum 2F
Journal of Applied Microbiology
2016
Draft Genome Sequence of the Quality Control Strain Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212
Journal of Bacteriology
2012
Quorum Sensing Regulates Exopolysaccharide Production, Motility, and Virulence in Pseudomonas syringae
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®
2005
Defining how microorganisms benefit human health
Microbial Biotechnology
2020
Strain diversity of plant‐associated Lactiplantibacillus plantarum
Microbial Biotechnology
2021
Short communication: Effect of milk and milk containing Lactobacillus casei on the intestinal microbiota of mice
Journal of Dairy Science
2014
Conditions at the time of inoculation influence survival of attenuated Escherichia coli O157:H7 on field-inoculated lettuce
Food Microbiology
2020
Conditional Survival as a Selection Strategy To Identify Plant-Inducible Genes of Pseudomonas syringae
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2003
Sensitivity to the two peptide bacteriocin plantaricin EF is dependent on CorC, a membrane‐bound, magnesium/cobalt efflux protein
MicrobiologyOpen
2019
Synergy between Probiotic Lactobacillus casei and Milk to Maintain Barrier Integrity of Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2019
Development and comparison of loop-mediated isothermal amplification and quantitative polymerase chain reaction assays for the detection of Mycoplasma bovis in milk
Journal of Dairy Science
2019
Molecular Identification of Yeasts and Lactic Acid Bacteria Involved in the Production of Beninese Fermented Food Degue
The Open Biotechnology Journal
2017
Impact of bacterial genomics on determining quality and safety in the dairy production chain
International Dairy Journal
2008
Effect of Phosphate Limitation on Synthesis of Periplasmic Cyclic (beta)-(1,2)-Glucans
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
1995
Competitive Selection of Lactic Acid Bacteria That Persist in the Human Oral Cavity
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2011
Obese Mice Fed a Diet Supplemented with Enzyme-Treated Wheat Bran Display Marked Shifts in the Liver Metabolome Concurrent with Altered Gut Bacteria
The Journal of Nutrition
2016
Chronic HIV Infection Enhances the Responsiveness of Antigen Presenting Cells to Commensal Lactobacillus
PLoS ONE
2013
Lactobacillus caseiLow-Temperature, Dairy-Associated Proteome Promotes Persistence in the Mammalian Digestive Tract
Journal of Proteome Research
2015
Obesity-Related Metabolome and Gut Microbiota Profiles of Juvenile Göttingen Minipigs—Long-Term Intake of Fructose and Resistant Starch
Metabolites
2020
High fat intake sustains sorbitol intolerance after antibiotic-mediated Clostridia depletion from the gut microbiota
Cell
2024
Effects of dietary fibre and protein content on intestinal fibre degradation, short-chain fatty acid and microbiota composition in a high-fat fructose-rich diet induced obese Göttingen Minipig model
Food & Function
2020
Sucrose metabolism alters Lactobacillus plantarum survival and interactions with the microbiota in the digestive tract
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
2018
Immobilization-mediated reduction in melting temperatures of DNA–DNA and DNA–RNA hybrids: Immobilized DNA probe hybridization studied by SPR
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
2015
Better understanding of food and human microbiomes through collaborative research on Inuit fermented foods
Microbiome Research Reports
2022
Is beer a source of prebiotics?
Journal of the Institute of Brewing
2017
Gene expression of Lactobacillus plantarum and the commensal microbiota in the ileum of healthy and early SIV-infected rhesus macaques
Scientific Reports
2016
Identification of a 95 kDa putative adhesin from Actinomyces serovar WVA963 strain PK1259 that is distinct from type 2 fimbrial subunits
Microbiology
1997
Proteomes of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus LBB.B5 Incubated in Milk at Optimal and Low Temperatures
mSystems
2017
Integrated meta-omics approaches reveal Saccharopolyspora as the core functional genus in huangjiu fermentations
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
2023
The Lactococcus lactis KF147 nonribosomal peptide synthetase/polyketide synthase system confers resistance to oxidative stress during growth on plant leaf tissue lysate
MicrobiologyOpen
2017
Fermented Foods, Lactobacillus, and Health
Microbe Magazine
2016
Draft Genome Sequence of Fructophilic Lactobacillus florum
Genome Announcements
2013
Effects of Exogenous Yeast and Bacteria on the Microbial Population Dynamics and Outcomes of Olive Fermentations
mSphere
2017
Dietary perturbations alter the ecological significance of ingested Lactobacillus plantarum in the digestive tract
Scientific Reports
2017
Effect of Antibiotics and Diet on Enterolactone Concentration and Metabolome Studied by Targeted and Nontargeted LC–MS Metabolomics
Journal of Proteome Research
2017
Development of a multiplex qPCR assay for the simultaneous detection ofMycoplasma bovis, Mycoplasmaspecies, andAcholeplasma laidlawiiin milk
PeerJ
2021
Impact of Glucosamine Supplementation on Gut Health
Nutrients
2021

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