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Genomic Microdiversity of Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum Underlying Differential Strain-Level Responses to Dietary Carbohydrate Intervention.
mBio - 14 Feb 2017
Wu Guojun, Zhang Chenhong, Wu Huan, Wang Ruirui, Shen Jian, Wang Linghua, Zhao Yufeng, Pang Xiaoyan, Zhang Xiaojun, Zhao Liping, Zhang Menghui
Abstract excerpt
The genomic basis of the response to dietary intervention of human gut beneficial bacteria remains elusive, which hinders precise manipulation of the microbiota for human health. After receiving a dietary intervention enriched with nondigestible carbohydrates for 105 days, a genetically obese child with Prader-Willi syndrome lost 18.4% of his body weight and showed significant improvement in his bioclinical...
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