@article{
author = "Popović, Dušanka and Kulaš, Jelena and Tucović, Dina and Popov Aleksandrov, Aleksandra and Glamočlija, Jasmina and Soković Bajić, Svetlana and Tolinacki, Maja and Golić, Nataša and Mirkov, Ivana",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Since the realization that the lungs are not sterile but are normally inhabited by various bacterial species, studies have been conducted to define healthy lung microbiota and to investigate whether it changes during lung diseases, infections, and inflammation. Using next-generation sequencing, we investigated
bacterial microbiota from whole lungs in two rat strains (previously shown to differ in gut microbiota
composition) in a healthy state and during pulmonary infection caused by the opportunistic fungus
Aspergillus fumigatus. No differences in alpha diversity indices and microbial composition between DA
and AO rats before infection were noted. Fungal infection caused dysbiosis in both rat strains, characterized
by increased alpha diversity indices and unchanged beta diversity. The relative abundance of
genera and species was increased in DA but decreased in AO rats during infection. Changes in lung
microbiota coincided with inflammation (in both rat strains) and oxidative stress (in DA rats). Disparate
response of lung microbiota in DA and AO rats to pulmonary fungal infection might render these two rat
strains differentially susceptible to a subsequent inflammatory insult.",
publisher = "Paris: Elsevier Masson SAS",
journal = "Microbes and Infection",
title = "Lung microbiota changes during pulmonary Aspergillus fumigatus infection in rats",
doi = "10.1016/j.micinf.2023.105186",
pages = "105186"
}