Human gut Bacteroidetes can utilize yeast mannan through a selfish mechanism

Yeasts, which have been a component of the human diet for at least 7000 years, possess an elaborate cell wall α-mannan. The influence of yeast mannan on the ecology of the human microbiota is unknown. Here we show that yeast α-mannan is a viable food source for Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Bt), a d...

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Autores principales: Cuskin, Fiona, Lowe, Elisabeth C., Temple, Max J., Zhu, Yanping, Cameron, Elizabeth, Pudlo, Nicholas A., Porter, Nathan T., Urs, Karthik, Thompson, Andrew J., Cartmell, Alan, Rogowski, Artur, Hamilton, Brian S., Chen, Rui, Tolbert, Thomas J., Piens, Kathleen, Bracke, Debby, Vervecken, Wouter, Hakki, Zalihe, Speciale, Gaetano, Munōz-Munōz, Jose L., Day, Andrew, Peña, Maria J., McLean, Richard, Suits, Michael D., Boraston, Alisdair B., Atherly, Todd, Ziemer, Cherie J., Williams, Spencer J., Davies, Gideon J., Abbott, D. Wade, Martens, Eric C., Gilbert, Harry J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25567280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature13995

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