Cheryl A. Whistler

Dynamic flexibility of the gut microbiota to morphine disturbance enables escape from the stable dysbiosis associated with addiction-like behavior

The paper examines how gut microbiota changes in mice with addiction-like behavior, finding that compulsive morphine use leads to stable dysbiosis while non-compulsive mice show more flexible microbial adaptation.

Gut dysbiosis was inevitable, but tolerance was not: temporal responses of the murine microbiota that maintain its capacity for butyrate production correlate with sustained antinociception to chronic morphine

The paper identifies microbiota-driven butyrate production as a factor maintaining antinociception in mice resistant to morphine tolerance.

Bacterial community profiles and Vibrio parahaemolyticus abundance in individual oysters and their association with estuarine ecology

The paper examines bacterial communities in oysters and their association with Vibrio parahaemolyticus abundance in estuarine environments.