The abundance and variety of carbohydrate-active enzymes in the human gut microbiota
The abundance and variety of carbohydrate-active enzymes in the human gut microbiota
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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English
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The human genome encodes only a small number of digestive glycoside hydrolases for the breakdown of sucrose, lactose and starch. Instead, the large diversity of complex polysaccharides in our diet is mainly digested by specialized enzymes encoded by the gut microbiome.
A model human microbiome was constructed from 177 microbial gen...
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The abundance and variety of carbohydrate-active enzymes in the human gut microbiota
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1694973321
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1694973321
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1740-1526
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1740-1534
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10.1038/nrmicro3050
