Genomic and functional characterization of a Butyricicoccus porcorum strain isolated from human gut microbiota

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ABSTRACT The gut is the most complex microbial ecosystem in the body that greatly influences human immune and metabolic health. However, the functional understanding of gut microbiome is hampered by our limited ability to obtain bacterial cultures for experimental validation, particularly low-abundant species that may carry specific functions but are often overlooked by population-based analyses. Here, we...

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