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Prebiotics, Probiotics, FMT / Manipulators of the Intestinal Microbiota

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Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) biosynthesis

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21 candidate genes shown to be important in SCFA synthesis
Pinhal et al. 2019 J. Bacteriol. 201: e00147–00119
Zhao et al. 2019c npj Bioﬁlms and Microbiomes 5: 19
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Behary et al. 2021 Nat. Commun. 12: 187

SCFA production within the intestine modulates intestinal pH, microbial composition, and intestinal barrier integrity
Overby & Ferguson 2021 Current Hypertension Reports 23: 8

Immune activation altered the intestinal metabolome within 6 hours, decreasing luminal short-chain fatty acid and increasing aromatic metabolite concentrations
Becattini et al. 2021 Cell Host & Microbe 29: 378-393

Degradation of [O-gly…

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Acetate metabolism and the inhibition of bacterial growth by acetate
Pinhal et al. 2019 J. Bacteriol. 201: e00147–00119
Discovery of potential genes contributing to the biosynthesis of short-chain fatty acids and lactate in gut microbiota from systematic investigation in E. coli
Zhao et al. 2019c npj Bioﬁlms and Microbiomes 5: 19

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