Physiology and central carbon metabolism of the gut bacterium Prevotella copri

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Summary The human gut microbiota is a crucial factor for the host’s physiology with respect to health and disease. Metagenomic shotgun sequencing of microbial gut communities revealed that Prevotella copri is one of the most important players in the gastrointestinal tract of many individuals. Because of the importance of this bacterium we analyzed the growth behavior and the central metabolic pathways of P. copri...

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