How a versatile gut bacterium helps us get our daily dietary fiber




University of British Columbia researchers have discovered the genetic machinery that turns a common gut bacterium into the Swiss Army knife of the digestive tract -- helping us metabolize a main component of dietary fiber from the cell walls of fruits and vegetables.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-01/uob...

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