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Dietary fiber that is indigestible for host enzymes is an essential energy source for gut symbionts
Lee et al. 2022 Journal of Microbiology 60(2) 215-223
Changes in the composition of dietary polysaccharides lead to altered expression of bacterial carbohydrate-degrading enzymes
Lee et al. 2022 Journal of Microbi…
References (Sources)
- An insider’s perspective: Bacteroides as a window into the microbiome
- An RNA-centric view on gut Bacteroidetes
- Complex carbohydrate utilization by the healthy human microbiome
- Dietary galacto-oligosaccharides and calcium: effects on energy intake, fat-pad weight and satiety-related, gastrointestinal hormones in rats
- High-protein, reduced carbohydrate weight-loss diets promote metabolite profiles likely to be detrimental to colonic health
- Navigating the gut buffet: control of polysaccharide utilization in Bacteroides spp.
- Relation between colonic proglucagon expression and metabolic response to oligofructose in high fat diet-fed mice