Stool energy density is positively correlated to intestinal transit time and related to microbial enterotypes

Abstract Background It has been hypothesised that the gut microbiota causally affects obesity via its capacity to extract energy from the diet. Yet, evidence elucidating the role of particular human microbial community structures and determinants of microbiota-dependent energy harvest is lacking. Re...

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Main Authors: Jos Boekhorst, Naomi Venlet, Nicola Procházková, Mathias L. Hansen, Christian B. Lieberoth, Martin I. Bahl, Lotte Lauritzen, Oluf Pedersen, Tine Rask Licht, Michiel Kleerebezem, Henrik M. Roager
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01418-5