Characterization and Detection of a Widely Distributed Gene Cluster That Predicts Anaerobic Choline Utilization by Human Gut Bacteria

ABSTRACT Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms underlying the human gut microbiota's effects on health and disease has been complicated by difficulties in linking metabolic functions associated with the gut community as a whole to individual microorganisms and activities. Anaerobic microbial...

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Main Authors: Ana Martínez-del Campo, Smaranda Bodea, Hilary A. Hamer, Jonathan A. Marks, Henry J. Haiser, Peter J. Turnbaugh, Emily P. Balskus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015-05-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00042-15