New View on Dietary Fiber Selection for Predictable Shifts in Gut Microbiota

Dietary fibers can be utilized to shape the human gut microbiota. However, the outcomes from most dietary fibers currently used as prebiotics are a result of competition between microbes with overlapping abilities to utilize these fibers. Thus, divergent fiber responses are observed across individua...

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Main Authors: T. M. Cantu-Jungles, B. R. Hamaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-02-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02179-19