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Gut microbiota / Evidence-based microbiome knowledge (incl. AI chat)
Prebiotics, Probiotics, FMT / Manipulators of the Intestinal Microbiota

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Acetate & Clostridia

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Clostridia break down sugars with its saccharolytic enzymes to acetate, Propionate / Propionic acid, butyrate, lactate, ethanol - there are some Amino Acid Fermentation species
Macfarlane et al. 1995 In Gastrointestinal and Oesophageal Pathology, 2nd ed., pp. 249-274 [R Whitehead, editor]. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone

see also:
Short-Chain Fatty Acids (SCFAs)-Producing Bacteria

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Metabolic significance of the gut microflora
Macfarlane et al. 1995 In Gastrointestinal and Oesophageal Pathology, 2nd ed., pp. 249-274 [R Whitehead, editor]. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone

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