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Molecular details of a starch utilization pathway in the human gut symbiont E ubacterium rectale
11 Nov 2014
Abstract excerpt
Eubacterium rectale is a prominent human gut symbiont yet little is known about the molecular strategies this bacterium has developed to acquire nutrients within the competitive gut ecosystem. Starch is one of the most abundant glycans in the human diet, and E. rectale increases in vivo when the host consumes a diet rich in resistant starch, although it is not a primary degrader of this glycan. Here we present...
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