Recognition and Degradation of Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides by Two Human Gut Symbionts

Recognition and Degradation of Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides by Two Human Gut Symbionts

Competition for nutrients contained in diverse types of plant cell wall-associated polysaccharides may explain the evolution of substrate-specific catabolic gene modules in common bacterial members of the human gut microbiota.

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Main Authors: Martens, Eric C., Lowe, Elisabeth C., Chiang, Herbert, Pudlo, Nicholas A., Wu, Meng, McNulty, Nathan P., Abbott, D. Wade, Henrissat, Bernard, Gilbert, Harry J., Bolam, David N., Gordon, Jeffrey I.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3243724/

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3243724/

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