Abundance and Compositions of B-Vitamin-Producing Microbes in the Mammalian Gut Vary Based on Feeding Strategies
ABSTRACT Mammals maintain close associations with gut microbes that provide numerous nutritional benefits, including vitamin synthesis. While most mammals obtain sufficient vitamins from their diets, deficiencies in various B vitamins (biotin, cobalamin, riboflavin, thiamine, etc.) are reported in c...
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American Society for Microbiology
2021-03-01
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Series: | mSystems |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00313-21 |