Exploring potential polysaccharide utilization loci involved in the degradation of typical marine seaweed polysaccharides by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroductionResearch on the mechanism of marine polysaccharide utilization by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron has drawn substantial attention in recent years.
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Metagenomics of the Svalbard reindeer rumen microbiome reveals abundance of polysaccharide utilization loci. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Lignocellulosic biomass remains a largely untapped source of renewable energy predominantly due to its recalcitrance and an incomplete understanding of how this is overcome in nature.
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Functional characterization of polysaccharide utilization loci in the marine Bacteroidetes 'Gramella forsetii' KT0803. [PDF]
ISME J, 2014 Members of the phylum Bacteroidetes are abundant in many marine ecosystems and are known to have a pivotal role in the mineralization of complex organic substrates such as polysaccharides and proteins.
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Polysaccharide utilization loci and nutritional specialization in a dominant group of butyrate-producing human colonic Firmicutes. [PDF]
Microb Genom, 2016 Acknowledgements The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health (University of Aberdeen) receives financial support from the Scottish Government Rural and Environmental Sciences and Analytical Services (RESAS).
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Six new bacterial species isolated from the phycosphere of marine macroalgae: a joint analysis based on taxonomy and polysaccharide utilization loci [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyMarine macroalgae-associated Bacteroidota play crucial roles in global carbon cycling through polysaccharide degradation, yet their taxonomic and functional diversity remains understudied.
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Polysaccharide utilization loci encoded DUF1735 likely functions as membrane‐bound spacer for carbohydrate active enzymes [PDF]
FEBS Open BioProteins featuring the Domain of Unknown Function 1735 are frequently found in Polysaccharide Utilization Loci, yet their role remains unknown. The domain and vicinity analyzer programs we developed mine the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes and ...
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Transcriptomic analysis of polysaccharide utilization loci reveals substrate preferences in ruminal generalists Segatella bryantii TF1-3 and Xylanibacter ruminicola KHP1 [PDF]
BMC GenomicsBacteria of the genera Xylanibacter and Segatella are among the most dominant groups in the rumen microbiota. They are characterized by the ability to utilize different hemicelluloses and pectin of plant cell-wall as well as plant energy storage ...
Urška Murovec, Tomaž Accetto
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Correction: Metagenomics of the Svalbard Reindeer Rumen Microbiome Reveals Abundance of Polysaccharide Utilization Loci [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The PLOS ONE Staff
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Molecular Mechanism by which Prominent Human Gut Bacteroidetes Utilize Mixed-Linkage Beta-Glucans, Major Health-Promoting Cereal Polysaccharides [PDF]
Cell Reports, 2017 Summary: Microbial utilization of complex polysaccharides is a major driving force in shaping the composition of the human gut microbiota. There is a growing appreciation that finely tuned polysaccharide utilization loci enable ubiquitous gut ...
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Structural dissection of a complex Bacteroides ovatus gene locus conferring xyloglucan metabolism in the human gut [PDF]
Open Biology, 2016 The human gastrointestinal tract harbours myriad bacterial species, collectively termed the microbiota, that strongly influence human health. Symbiotic members of our microbiota play a pivotal role in the digestion of complex carbohydrates that are ...
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