Article
Methanogens are associated with altered microbial production of short-chain fatty acids and human-host metabolizable energy
2025-01-02
Abstract excerpt
Methanogens are CH 4 -producing, H 2 -oxidizing (i.e. hydrogenotrophic) archaea. Numerous studies have associated methanogens with obesity, but these results have been inconsistent. One link to host metabolism may be methanogens’ ability to consume H 2 , thus reducing H 2 partial pressure and thermodynamically enhancing fermentation of sugars to short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) that the host can absorb. Because...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 45505dc7-55c5-53b9-806c-86057c718f43
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.12.31.630929
