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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Nakashima K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6109156 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20180824 1
Mammalian gut microbiota are integral to host health. However, how this association began remains unclear. We show that in basal chordates the gut space is radially compartmentalized into a luminal part where food microbes pass and an almost axenic peripheral part, defined by membranous delamination of the gut epithelium. While this membrane, framed with chitin nanofibers, structurally resembles invertebrate peritrophic membranes, proteome supports its affinity to mammalian mucus layers, where g ...[more]