Functional Metagenomics Reveals Novel Pathways of Prebiotic Breakdown by Human Gut Bacteria

A metagenomic insight into our gut's microbiome

(2012) Patricia Lepage et al.   GUT

The human small intestinal microbiota is driven by rapid uptake and conversion of simple carbohydrates

(2012) Erwin G Zoetendal et al.   ISME Journal

The function of our microbiota: who is out there and what do they do?

(2012) Noora Ottman et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

In VitroFermentation of Linear and α-1,2-Branched Dextrans by the Human Fecal Microbiota

(2011) Shahrul R. Sarbini et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of two β-xylosidases from Bifidobacterium adolescentis and their contribution to the hydrolysis of prebiotic xylooligosaccharides

(2011) Stijn Lagaert et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Impact of microbial transformation of food on health—from fermented foods to fermentation in the gastro-intestinal tract

(2011) Johan ET van Hylckama Vlieg et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Crystal structures of the apo form of β-fructofuranosidase from Bifidobacterium longum and its complex with fructose

(2011) Anna Bujacz et al.   FEBS Journal

Polydextrose Enrichment of Infant Formula Demonstrates Prebiotic Characteristics by Altering Intestinal Microbiota, Organic Acid Concentrations, and Cytokine Expression in Suckling Piglets

(2011) Tina M. Herfel et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Prebiotic potential of a refined product containing pectic oligosaccharides

(2011) Beatriz Gullón et al.   LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Ecology drives a global network of gene exchange connecting the human microbiome

(2011) Chris S. Smillie et al.   NATURE

Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome

(2011) Manimozhiyan Arumugam et al.   NATURE

Biosynthesis, purification and characterization of β-fructofuranosidase from Bifidobacterium longum KN29.1

(2011) Marzena Jedrzejczak-Krzepkowska et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

Proteome reference map of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM and quantitative proteomics towards understanding the prebiotic action of lactitol

(2011) Avishek Majumder et al.   PROTEOMICS

Prebiotics for prevention of gut infections

(2011) Tine Rask Licht et al.   TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Substrate specificity of three recombinant α-l-arabinofuranosidases from Bifidobacterium adolescentis and their divergent action on arabinoxylan and arabinoxylan oligosaccharides

(2010) Stijn Lagaert et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Specificity of Polysaccharide Use in Intestinal Bacteroides Species Determines Diet-Induced Microbiota Alterations

(2010) Erica D. Sonnenburg et al.   CELL

Functional metagenomics to mine the human gut microbiome for dietary fiber catabolic enzymes

(2010) L. Tasse et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing

(2010) Junjie Qin et al.   NATURE

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

A metagenomic  -glucuronidase uncovers a core adaptive function of the human intestinal microbiome

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

Efficient bioconversion of lactose in milk and whey: immobilization and biochemical characterization of a β-galactosidase from the dairy Streptococcus thermophilus LMD9 strain

(2010) Moez Rhimi et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Resistant starch, large bowel fermentation and a broader perspective of prebiotics and probiotics

(2010) A. Bird et al.   Beneficial Microbes

Streptococcus thermophilus strains: Multifunctional lactic acid bacteria

(2009) Ramya Iyer et al.   INTERNATIONAL DAIRY JOURNAL

Bias in assessments of marine microbial biodiversity in fosmid libraries as evaluated by pyrosequencing

(2009) Ben Temperton et al.   ISME Journal

The core gut microbiome, energy balance and obesity

(2009) Peter J. Turnbaugh et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Differential Transcriptional Response of Bifidobacterium longum to Human Milk, Formula Milk, and Galactooligosaccharide

(2008) R. Gonzalez et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Effect of inulin on the human gut microbiota: stimulation of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii

(2008) Carlett Ramirez-Farias et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Low-Digestible Carbohydrates in Practice

(2008) Hollie A. Grabitske et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION

The complete coenzyme B12 biosynthesis gene cluster of Lactobacillus reuteri CRL1098

(2008) F. Santos et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

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

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