Butyrate Producers as Potential Next-Generation Probiotics: Safety Assessment of the Administration of Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum to Healthy Volunteers

ABSTRACT Advances in gut microbiota research have triggered interest in developing colon butyrate producers as niche-specific next-generation probiotics, targeted at increasing colon butyrate production and countering disease-associated microbiota alterations. Crucial steps in the development of nex...

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Main Authors: Leen Boesmans, Mireia Valles-Colomer, Jun Wang, Venessa Eeckhaut, Gwen Falony, Richard Ducatelle, Filip Van Immerseel, Jeroen Raes, Kristin Verbeke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-10-01
Series:mSystems
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00094-18