The metabolic footprint of Clostridia and Erysipelotrichia reveals their role in depleting sugar alcohols in the cecum.
Connor R TiffanyJee-Yon LeeAndrew W L RogersErin E OlsanPavel MoralesFranziska FaberAndreas J BäumlerPublished in: Microbiome (2021)
We conclude that consumption of sugar alcohols by Clostridia and Erysipelotrichia species depletes these metabolites from the intestinal lumen during homeostasis. Video abstract.
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