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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Yao L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6078496 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20180717
The human gut microbiota impacts host metabolism and has been implicated in the pathophysiology of obesity and metabolic syndromes. However, defining the roles of specific microbial activities and metabolites on host phenotypes has proven challenging due to the complexity of the microbiome-host ecosystem. Here, we identify strains from the abundant gut bacterial phylum Bacteroidetes that display selective bile salt hydrolase (BSH) activity. Using isogenic strains of wild-type and BSH-deleted <i> ...[more]