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Ivan Rychlik is affiliated with the Veterinary Research Institute in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily focuses on the composition, function, and dynamics of gut microbiota in animals, with a particular emphasis on poultry and swine. This work intersects with fields such as agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and medicine.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics that include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Ivan Rychlik's publication record reflects a strong focus on animal gut microbiota as well as bacterial pathogens and resistance mechanisms. Notable papers include:

  • Composition and Function of Chicken Gut Microbiota, 2020, published in Animals
  • Development of piglet gut microbiota at the time of weaning influences development of postweaning diarrhea - A field study, 2020, Research in Veterinary Science
  • The distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in chicken gut microbiota commensals, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Gut microbiota composition before infection determines the Salmonella super- and low-shedder phenotypes in chicken, 2020, Microbial Biotechnology
  • Different Bacteroides Species Colonise Human and Chicken Intestinal Tract, 2020, Microorganisms

Their frequent coauthors include Daniela Karasová, Magdaléna Crhánová, Vladimír Babák, Marcela Faldynová, and Jiří Volf, indicating collaborations often centered on veterinary microbiology and infectious diseases.

Key publication venues where Ivan Rychlik's work appears frequently are:

  • Microorganisms
  • Poultry Science
  • Veterinary Research
  • Animals
  • Scientific Reports

The scientist's research encompasses multiple subfields such as molecular biology, food science, animal science and zoology, infectious diseases, and immunology. These subfields underscore a multidisciplinary approach to studying animal health from a microbiological and molecular perspective.

The range and focus of Ivan Rychlik's work contribute data on microbiota community composition, the impact of gut flora on disease outcomes, antimicrobial resistance, and pathogen-host interactions. This research supports a comprehensive understanding of animal physiology, disease control, and implications for food safety and quality.

Best Publications

  • Important Metabolic Pathways and Biological Processes Expressed by Chicken Cecal Microbiota

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  • Composition and Function of Chicken Gut Microbiota

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  • Immune Response of Chicken Gut to Natural Colonization by Gut Microflora and to Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Infection

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  • Salmonella stress management and its relevance to behaviour during intestinal colonisation and infection.

    Ivan Rychlik;Paul A. Barrow

  • Distribution and function of plasmids in Salmonella enterica

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  • Succession and Replacement of Bacterial Populations in the Caecum of Egg Laying Hens over Their Whole Life

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  • Standardisation of restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis for Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis

    Ivo Pavlik;Alica Horvathova;Lenka Dvorska;Jiri Bartl

  • Medium-chain fatty acids decrease colonization and invasion through hilA suppression shortly after infection of chickens with Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis.

    F. Van Immerseel;J. De Buck;F. Boyen;L. Bohez

  • Relationship between IS901 in the Mycobacterium avium Complex Strains Isolated from Birds, Animals, Humans, and the Environment and Virulence for Poultry

    Ivo Pavlik;Petra Svastova;Jiri Bartl;Lenka Dvorska

  • Vaccination and early protection against non-host-specific Salmonella serotypes in poultry: exploitation of innate immunity and microbial activity

    F. van Immerseel;U. Methner;I. Rychlik;B. Nagy

  • Whole genome sequencing and function prediction of 133 gut anaerobes isolated from chicken caecum in pure cultures.

    Matej Medvecky;Darina Cejkova;Ondrej Polansky;Daniela Karasova

  • Coated fatty acids alter virulence properties of Salmonella Typhimurium and decrease intestinal colonization of pigs

    F. Boyen;F. Haesebrouck;A. Vanparys;J. Volf

  • Contact with adult hen affects development of caecal microbiota in newly hatched chicks

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  • Influence of the microbiota-gut-brain axis on behavior and welfare in farm animals: A review.

    Narjis Kraimi;Marian Dawkins;Sabine G. Gebhardt-Henrich;Philippe Velge

  • Composition of Gut Microbiota Influences Resistance of Newly Hatched Chickens to Salmonella Enteritidis Infection

    Karolina Varmuzova;Tereza Kubasova;Lenka Davidova-Gerzova;Frantisek Sisak

  • Influence of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis infection on the composition of chicken cecal microbiota

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  • Chicken faecal microbiota and disturbances induced by single or repeated therapy with tetracycline and streptomycin

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  • Influence of the Gut Microbiota Composition on Campylobacter jejuni Colonization in Chickens

    Zifeng Han;Thomas Willer;Li Li;Colin Pielsticker

  • Intestinal colonisation-inhibition and virulence of Salmonella phoP, rpoS and ompC deletion mutants in chickens

    Ulrich Methner;P.A. Barrow;D. Gregorova;I. Rychlik

  • Gene expression in the chicken caecum in response to infections with non-typhoid Salmonella

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  • Housing Systems Influence Gut Microbiota Composition of Sows but Not of Their Piglets

    Tereza Kubasova;Lenka Davidova-Gerzova;Elodie Merlot;Matej Medvecky

  • Cloning and Expression of the Haloalkane Dehalogenase Gene dhmA from Mycobacterium avium N85 and Preliminary Characterization of DhmA

    Andrea Jesenská;Milan Bartoš;Vladimíra Czerneková;Ivan Rychlík

  • Cloning, biochemical properties, and distribution of mycobacterial haloalkane dehalogenases.

    Andrea Jesenská;Martina Pavlová;Michal Strouhal;Radka Chaloupková

  • Cats as a Risk for Transmission of Antimicrobial Drug-resistant Salmonella

    Filip Van Immerseel;Frank Pasmans;Jeroen De Buck;Ivan Rychlik

  • aro Mutations in Salmonella enterica Cause Defects in Cell Wall and Outer Membrane Integrity

    Alena Sebkova;Daniela Karasova;Magdalena Crhanova;Eva Budinska

  • The presence of genes homologous to the K88 genes faeH and faeI on the virulence plasmid of Salmonella gallinarum

    I Rychlik;M.A Lovell;P.A Barrow

  • The local immune response of mice after Helicobacter suis infection: strain differences and distinction with Helicobacter pylori.

    Bram Flahou;Kim Van Deun;Frank Pasmans;Annemieke Smet

  • Salmonella Enteritidis with double deletion in phoP fliC―A potential live Salmonella vaccine candidate with novel characteristics for use in chickens

    Ulrich Methner;Paul A. Barrow;Angela Berndt;Ivan Rychlik

  • The mycotoxin deoxynivalenol promotes uptake of Salmonella Typhimurium in porcine macrophages, associated with ERK1/2 induced cytoskeleton reorganization

    Virginie Vandenbroucke;Siska Croubels;Elin Verbrugghe;Filip Boyen

  • Identification of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium genes associated with growth suppression in stationary-phase nutrient broth cultures and in the chicken intestine.

    Ivan Rychlik;Gerald Martin;Ulrich Methner;Margaret Lovell

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Barrow
Paul Barrow University of Surrey
Ivo Pavlik
Ivo Pavlik Mendel University Brno
Jiri Damborsky
Jiri Damborsky Masaryk University
Frank Pasmans
Frank Pasmans Ghent University
Freddy Haesebrouck
Freddy Haesebrouck Ghent University
Richard Ducatelle
Richard Ducatelle Ghent University
John Elmerdahl Olsen
John Elmerdahl Olsen University of Copenhagen
Axel Cloeckaert
Axel Cloeckaert INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Bernd Kaspers
Bernd Kaspers Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Helene Quesnel
Helene Quesnel INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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