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It consists of a ready-to-use package, including a user guide and a sterile liquid-absorbing plastic bag to be placed across the rim of the toilet. at the genus level. Table?S9, XLSX file, 1.1 MB mbo005163002st9.xlsx (1.0M) GUID:?66965B85-E631-4A1F-AD75-71DE7140A622 Table?S10&#x000a0: Intra- and interkingdom correlations at the species level. Table?S10, XLSX file, 2 MB mbo005163002st10.xlsx (2.0M) GUID:?762F2C96-5D2C-403A-BFE9-13261B9843FF ABSTRACT Crohns disease (CD) results from a complex interplay between host genetic factors and endogenous microbial communities. In the current study, we used Ion Torrent sequencing to characterize the gut bacterial microbiota (bacteriome) and fungal community (mycobiome) in patients with CD and their nondiseased first-degree relatives (NCDR) in 9 familial clusters living in northern France-Belgium and in healthy individuals from 4 families living in the same area (non-CD unrelated [NCDU]). Principal component, diversity, and abundance analyses were conducted, and CD-associated inter- and intrakingdom microbial correlations were decided. Significant microbial interactions were identified and validated using single- and mixed-species biofilms. CD and NCDR groups clustered together in the mycobiome but not in the bacteriome. Microbiotas of familial (CD and NCDR) samples were distinct from those of nonfamilial (NCDU) samples. The abundance of and was elevated in CD patients, while that of beneficial bacteria was decreased. The abundance of the fungus was significantly higher in CD than in NCDR (= 0.003) samples and positively correlated with levels of anti-antibodies (ASCA). The abundance of was positively correlated with and plus plus biofilms comprised blastospores, while double- and triple-species biofilms were enriched in hyphae. used fimbriae to coaggregate or Palosuran attach with was closely apposed with and antibodies (ASCA; a known CD biomarker) was associated with the abundance of in CD patients and validated these correlations using biofilms. Palosuran These results provide insight into the roles of bacteria and fungi in CD and may lead to the development of novel treatment approaches and diagnostic assays. INTRODUCTION Crohns disease (CD) is usually a relapsing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that may affect many parts of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and is driven by an abnormal immune response to gut microbial antigens, suggesting a complex interplay between host genetic factors and endogenous microbial communities. Recent studies have identified luminal bacterial species as associated with beneficial or deleterious effects. While most microbiome studies have focused on the bacterial community (bacteriome), it is only recently that sequencing-based investigations of the gut microbial community have started to pay some attention to the fungal community (mycobiome) (1,C4). These studies concordantly revealed the importance of this neglected component of the microbiome and confirmed its involvement in antibodies (ASCA; a CD biomarker reported as being generated by = 20) and their cohabiting non-CD relatives Palosuran (NCDR; Palosuran = Palosuran 28). Individuals from four unrelated healthy families with no history of CD (NCDU; = 21) living in the same geographic area were used as comparators (participant demographics and clinical features of CD in the enrolled patients are summarized in Tables?1 and ?and2,2, respectively). TABLE?1? Demographics of enrolled study participants (median abundance, ~68%) followed by (12.6% to 17.96%) and (1.9% to 2.4%) or (0.9% to 7.9%) (see Table?S2?in the supplemental material). Interestingly, levels of were significantly reduced in CD patients compared to NCDR (0.9% and 7.8%, respectively; = 0.001). This decrease of in CD patients was consistently observed at other taxon levels of this phylum (see Tables?S3 and S4). and were the most abundant bacterial species in the CD group (19.8% and 19.1%, respectively), while IgM Isotype Control antibody (FITC) in the NCDR group the most abundant bacterial species were and (20% and 19%, respectively; see Table?S4). Abundances of 11 genera and 15 species differed significantly between CD and NCDR groups. These included an increase in the abundance of potentially pathogenic bacterial species like (= 0.004), (= 0.045), and (= 0.02) (Fig.?2). In contrast, the abundance of was elevated in NCDR compared to CD patients (= 0.034) (Fig.?2). Open in a separate window.