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After the common and chemically simple dietary components like proteins, fats, and carbohydrates are digested and absorbed in the small intestines, dietary fiber, which consists of plant polysaccharides and other undigested material, moves into the large intestines.
The large intestines are home to hundreds of bacterial species. These bacteria encode thousands of enzymes. These enzymes enable them to digest the remaining contents.
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References (Sources)
- Bacteroidetes use thousands of enzyme combinations to break down glycans
- Diversity of enteroendocrine cells investigated at cellular and subcellular levels: the need for a new classification scheme.
- Functional diversity of carbohydrate-active enzymes enabling a bacterium to ferment plant biomass
- Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis and Immunometabolism: New Frontiers for Treatment of Metabolic DiseasesReview
- Regulation of immune responses to food by commensal microbes
- The abundance and variety of carbohydrate-active enzymes in the human gut microbiota