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Intestinal transit time phenotype is not transferred through gut microbiota transplantation.
PeerJ - 1 Jan 2026
Hjørne Anna Pii, Moretti Chiara H, Greiner Thomas U, Procházková Nicola, Roager Henrik M, Mortensen Martin Steen, Bäckhed Fredrik, Licht Tine Rask, Laursen Martin F
Abstract excerpt
Intestinal transit time (TT) varies considerably between healthy individuals and affects gut microbiota composition and activity. Whether differences in the gut microbiota composition also affect the TT is not well elucidated. In this study, we conducted two animal experiments to explore causality between the gut microbiota and TT. In the first experiment, we transplanted two groups of female germ-free (GF)...
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