{"id":227403,"date":"2026-08-06T15:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microbiome-center.nl\/?p=227403"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:37:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:37:36","slug":"24-internationalization-summer-breeze-fibromyalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microbiome-center.nl\/en\/24-internationalization-summer-breeze-fibromyalgia\/","title":{"rendered":"24: Internationalization, summer breeze, fibromyalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<style id=\"divi-off-canvas-hide-on-load\">\n[data-interaction-target=\"zwocqpy6qf\"] { display: none !important; }\n<\/style>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Internationalization<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time of its foundation, in 2018, Microbiome Center started its service in The Netherlands. Since then, more and more doctors from other countries found us and wanted to use personalized microbiome treatment in their practice. From 2021 onward we have therefore expanded our service to other European countries. Today, the Microbiome Center service is available for doctors in six countries, including Germany, Switzerland, and Belgium. To serve all these new colleagues in our network, the \u2018Kennisflits\u2019 that we periodically send will be written in English from now on and is called \u2018Insights flash\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Summer&nbsp;breeze: do farts have a microbiome?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Summertime allows for some fun and therefore we asked ourselves the question if farts would have a microbiome. There is some seriousness in this question too, because it is known that microbiota transmission occurs between people living close together, yet little is known about the actual routes of transmission (1-3). Given the fact that everyone of us on average passes gas about ten times a day (4), there has been surprisingly little research into the microbial composition of farts. In fact, we could only find a single publication, which can hardly be called a study. An investigator tested whether or not he could culture bacteria from a colleagues\u2019 farts and indeed he could (5). Given the fact that many bacteria are not culturable, it would not be surprising that farts contain many more live microbes and potentially play a role in microbial transmission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Microbiome and&nbsp;fibromyalgia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the number and quality of studies is still relatively low, it is known that the gut microbiome and microbial metabolite profile in&nbsp;fibromyalgia&nbsp;(FM) patients is altered compared to healthy individuals (6,7). A recently published study adds some new insights to this scarcely studied topic. Researchers found alterations in levels of secondary bile acids and the abundance of bacterial species known to metabolize bile acids in FM patients compared to matched healthy controls (8). The secondary bile acid called alpha-muricholic acid was found to be five times less present in FM patients than in healthy controls and a lower level correlated with increased symptom severity of pain, fatigue, unrefreshing sleep and cognitive complaints. This insight may open up new roads to treat FM patients, e.g. using probiotic strains capable of producing alpha-muricholic acid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41564-019-0409-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41564-019-0409-6<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41559-020-1220-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41559-020-1220-8<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.aaz3834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.aaz3834<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/BF02087912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/BF02087912<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bmj.323.7327.1449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bmj.323.7327.1449<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12891-020-03201-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12891-020-03201-9<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32116215\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32116215\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/j.pain.0000000000002694\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/j.pain.0000000000002694<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_pb_section--fixed et_section_regular et_flex_section et-interaction-target-zwocqpy6qf preset--module--divi-section--default\" data-interaction-trigger=\"7hv7hq8l9z\" data-interaction-target=\"zwocqpy6qf\" id=\"video_canvas\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\"><div class=\"et_pb_icon_0 et_pb_icon et_pb_module et_flex_module video_close\"><span class=\"et_pb_icon_wrap\"><span class=\"et-pb-icon\">\uf057<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_code_0 et_pb_code et_pb_module\" id=\"microbiome_center_video_iframe\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internationalization At the time of its foundation, in 2018, Microbiome Center started its service in The Netherlands. 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