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H<scp>OW</scp>H<scp>OST</scp>-M<scp>ICROBIAL</scp>I<scp>NTERACTIONS</scp>S<scp>HAPE THE</scp>N<scp>UTRIENT</scp>E<scp>NVIRONMENT OF THE</scp>M<scp>AMMALIAN</scp>I<scp>NTESTINE</scp>
1 Jul 2002
Abstract excerpt
Humans and other mammals are colonized by a vast, complex, and dynamic consortium of microorganisms. One evolutionary driving force for maintaining this metabolically active microbial society is to salvage energy from nutrients, particularly carbohydrates, that are otherwise nondigestible by the host. Much of our understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which members of the intestinal microbiota degrade...
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