Metabolic retroconversion of trimethylamine N-oxide and the gut microbiota

Metabolic retroconversion of trimethylamine N-oxide and the gut microbiota

Abstract Background The dietary methylamines choline, carnitine, and phosphatidylcholine are used by the gut microbiota to produce a range of metabolites, including trimethylamine (TMA). However, little is known about the use of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) by this consortium of microbes. Results A...

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Main Authors: Lesley Hoyles, Maria L. Jiménez-Pranteda, Julien Chilloux, Francois Brial, Antonis Myridakis, Thomas Aranias, Christophe Magnan, Glenn R. Gibson, Jeremy D. Sanderson, Jeremy K. Nicholson, Dominique Gauguier, Anne L. McCartney, Marc-Emmanuel Dumas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Microbiome
Subjects:
Co-metabolic axis
Gut–liver axis
Metabolomics
Enterobacteriaceae
Lactic acid bacteria
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-018-0461-0

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