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Prebiotics, Probiotics, FMT / Manipulators of the Intestinal Microbiota

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In vitro and in vivo experiments have demonstrated that the tight adhesion (Tad) pili of B. breve UCC2003 is a subclass of the Type IVb pili
Liu et al. 2020a

Tight Adhesion (Tad) pili has been reported to promote the proliferation of intestinal epithelial cells in mice
O’Connell Motherway et al. 2011 Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 108: 11217–22…

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Functional genome analysis of Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 reveals type IVb tight adherence (Tad) pili as an essential and conserved host-colonization factor
O’Connell Motherway et al. 2011 Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 108: 11217–22
Surface components and metabolites of probiotics for regulation of intestinal epithelial barrier
Liu et al. 2020a
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