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Sulfatases and a Radical S-Adenosyl-l-methionine (AdoMet) Enzyme Are Key for Mucosal Foraging and Fitness of the Prominent Human Gut Symbiont, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

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Comparative genomic analysis reveals that 100% of 46 fully sequenced human gut Bacteroidetes contain homologs of BT0238 and genes encoding sulfatases, suggesting that this is an important and evolutionarily conserved feature for bacterial adaptation to life in this habitat.
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This article is published in Journal of Biological Chemistry.The article was published on 2011-07-22 and is currently open access. It has received 139 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron & Formylglycine-generating enzyme.

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Microbial degradation of complex carbohydrates in the gut

TL;DR: The impact of dietary carbohydrates, including prebiotics, on human health requires understanding of the complex relationship between diet composition, the gut microbiota and metabolic outputs.
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Macronutrient metabolism by the human gut microbiome: major fermentation by-products and their impact on host health

TL;DR: Current knowledge of how macronutrient metabolism by the gut microbiome influences human health is summarized and knowledge gaps that could contribute to the understanding of overall human wellness will be identified.
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The relationship between gut microbiota and weight gain in humans

TL;DR: This review summarizes the latest research on the association between microbial ecology and host weight and Germ-free mice provide a complementary approach for characterizing the properties of the human gut microbiota.
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A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins

TL;DR: The faecal microbial communities of adult female monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs concordant for leanness or obesity, and their mothers are characterized to address how host genotype, environmental exposure and host adiposity influence the gut microbiome.
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A genomic view of the human-Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron symbiosis

TL;DR: The complete genome sequence of the Gram-negative anaerobeBacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a dominant member of the authors' normal distal intestinal microbiota, is presented and expanded paralogous groups shed light on the molecular mechanisms underlying symbiotic host-bacterial relationships in their intestine.
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Glycan Foraging in Vivo by an Intestine-Adapted Bacterial Symbiont

TL;DR: It is found that Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron bacteria assembled on food particles and mucus, selectively induced outer-membrane polysaccharide-binding proteins and glycoside hydrolases, prioritized the consumption of liberated hexose sugars, and revealed a capacity to turn to host mucus glycans whenpolysaccharides were absent from the diet.
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