Biomass Utilization by Gut Microbiomes

Advances in understanding the molecular basis of plant cell wall polysaccharide recognition by carbohydrate-binding modules

(2013) Harry J Gilbert et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Complete genome of a new Firmicutes species belonging to the dominant human colonic microbiota (‘Ruminococcus bicirculans’) reveals two chromosomes and a selective capacity to utilize plant glucans

(2013) Udo Wegmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Prebiotic stimulation of human colonic butyrate-producing bacteria and bifidobacteria,in vitro

(2013) Karen P. Scott et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

The abundance and variety of carbohydrate-active enzymes in the human gut microbiota

(2013) Abdessamad El Kaoutari et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Expression of Cellulosome Components and Type IV Pili within the Extracellular Proteome of Ruminococcus flavefaciens 007

(2013) Maša Vodovnik et al.   PLoS One

Effects of Diet on Resource Utilization by a Model Human Gut Microbiota Containing Bacteroides cellulosilyticus WH2, a Symbiont with an Extensive Glycobiome

(2013) Nathan P. McNulty et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Ruminococcus bromii is a keystone species for the degradation of resistant starch in the human colon

(2012) Xiaolei Ze et al.   ISME Journal

Gut microbiome composition is linked to whole grain-induced immunological improvements

(2012) Inés Martínez et al.   ISME Journal

Endo-exo Synergism in Cellulose Hydrolysis Revisited

(2012) Jürgen Jalak et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Multidomain Carbohydrate-binding Proteins Involved inBacteroides thetaiotaomicronStarch Metabolism

(2012) Elizabeth A. Cameron et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The role of the gut microbiota in nutrition and health

(2012) Harry J. Flint et al.   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

How glycan metabolism shapes the human gut microbiota

(2012) Nicole M. Koropatkin et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Cultured Representatives of Two Major Phylogroups of Human Colonic Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Can Utilize Pectin, Uronic Acids, and Host-Derived Substrates for Growth

(2011) Mireia Lopez-Siles et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Complete Genome of the Cellulolytic Ruminal Bacterium Ruminococcus albus 7

(2011) G. Suen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome

(2011) Manimozhiyan Arumugam et al.   NATURE

Snapshot of the Eukaryotic Gene Expression in Muskoxen Rumen—A Metatranscriptomic Approach

(2011) Meng Qi et al.   PLoS One

The Complete Genome Sequence of Fibrobacter succinogenes S85 Reveals a Cellulolytic and Metabolic Specialist

(2011) Garret Suen et al.   PLoS One

Linking Long-Term Dietary Patterns with Gut Microbial Enterotypes

(2011) G. D. Wu et al.   SCIENCE

Recognition and Degradation of Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides by Two Human Gut Symbionts

(2011) Eric C. Martens et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Microbial enzyme systems for biomass conversion: emerging paradigms

(2011) Michael E Himmel et al.   Biofuels-UK

Characterization of Xyn10A, a highly active xylanase from the human gut bacterium Bacteroides xylanisolvens XB1A

(2010) Caroline Mirande et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The cellulose-degrading microbial community of the human gut varies according to the presence or absence of methanogens

(2010) Christophe Chassard et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

The unique set of putative membrane-associated anti-σ factors in Clostridium thermocellum suggests a novel extracellular carbohydrate-sensing mechanism involved in gene regulation

(2010) Hamutal Kahel-Raifer et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Dominant and diet-responsive groups of bacteria within the human colonic microbiota

(2010) Alan W Walker et al.   ISME Journal

Transcriptomic Analyses of Xylan Degradation byPrevotella bryantiiand Insights into Energy Acquisition by Xylanolytic Bacteroidetes

(2010) Dylan Dodd et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Comparative Genome Analysis of Prevotella ruminicola and Prevotella bryantii: Insights into Their Environmental Niche

(2010) Janaki Purushe et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Xylan degradation, a metabolic property shared by rumen and human colonic Bacteroidetes

(2010) Dylan Dodd et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Abundance and Diversity of Dockerin-Containing Proteins in the Fiber-Degrading Rumen Bacterium, Ruminococcus flavefaciens FD-1

(2010) Marco T. Rincon et al.   PLoS One

Resistant Starches Types 2 and 4 Have Differential Effects on the Composition of the Fecal Microbiota in Human Subjects

(2010) Inés Martínez et al.   PLoS One

Substrate-driven gene expression in Roseburia inulinivorans: Importance of inducible enzymes in the utilization of inulin and starch

(2010) K. P. Scott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impact of diet in shaping gut microbiota revealed by a comparative study in children from Europe and rural Africa

(2010) C. De Filippo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biochemical and Domain Analyses of FSUAxe6B, a Modular Acetyl Xylan Esterase, Identify a Unique Carbohydrate Binding Module in Fibrobacter succinogenes S85

(2009) S. Yoshida et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Complex Glycan Catabolism by the Human Gut Microbiota: The Bacteroidetes Sus-like Paradigm

(2009) Eric C. Martens et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

How the Microbial World Saved Evolution from the Scylla of Molecular Biology and the Charybdis of the Modern Synthesis

(2009) C. R. Woese et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Diversity and Strain Specificity of Plant Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes Revealed by the Draft Genome of Ruminococcus flavefaciens FD-1

(2009) Margret E. Berg Miller et al.   PLoS One

Characterization of ApuB, an Extracellular Type II Amylopullulanase from Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003

(2008) M. O'Connell Motherway et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Mucosal Glycan Foraging Enhances Fitness and Transmission of a Saccharolytic Human Gut Bacterial Symbiont

(2008) Eric C. Martens et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

From cellulosomes to cellulosomics

(2008) Edward A. Bayer et al.   CHEMICAL RECORD

Pectin structure and biosynthesis

(2008) D MOHNEN   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

The species composition of the human intestinal microbiota differs between particle-associated and liquid phase communities

(2008) Alan W. Walker et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Cell Surface Enzyme Attachment Is Mediated by Family 37 Carbohydrate-Binding Modules, Unique to Ruminococcus albus

(2008) A. Ezer et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Cel9D, an Atypical 1,4- -D-Glucan Glucohydrolase from Fibrobacter succinogenes: Characteristics, Catalytic Residues, and Synergistic Interactions with Other Cellulases

(2008) M. Qi et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Polysaccharide utilization by gut bacteria: potential for new insights from genomic analysis

(2008) Harry J. Flint et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The Carbohydrate-Active EnZymes database (CAZy): an expert resource for Glycogenomics

(2008) B. L. Cantarel et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Starch Catabolism by a Prominent Human Gut Symbiont Is Directed by the Recognition of Amylose Helices

(2008) Nicole M. Koropatkin et al.   STRUCTURE