Profiling of Protein Degraders in Cultures of Human Gut Microbiota

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Unabsorbed proteins reach the colon and are fermented by the microbiota, yielding a variety of harmful metabolites. In the present study, a 16S rRNA gene survey identified the bacterial taxa flourishing in 11 batch fermentations with proteins and peptones as sole fermentable substrates, inoculated with the feces of 6 healthy adults. Organic acids, ammonia, and indole accumulated in all the cultures, resulting...

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