As a complex ecosystem of the human body, the intestinal flora maintains a dynamic
balance with the host and plays an irreplaceable role in life activities such as nutritional …

Conventional agriculture has important challenges to guarantee soil fertility and sustainable
food production. Many agricultural soils in the world are degraded and multiple strategies …

With the increasing amount of evidence linking certain disorders of the human body to a
disturbed gut microbiota, there is a growing interest for compounds that positively influence …

Colorectal cancer (CRC) therapy efficiency can be influenced by the microbiota in the
gastrointestinal tract. Compared with traditional intervention, prebiotics delivery into the gut …

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most commonly used polyester plastics
worldwide but is extremely difficult to be hydrolyzed in a natural environment. PET plastic is …

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most important synthetic polymers used
today. Unfortunately, the polymers accumulate in nature and to date no highly active …

Although considerable progress has been made in recent years regarding the classification
of bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes, there remains a need to further clarify …

The gut microbiota plays an important role in human health by interacting with host diet, but
there is substantial inter-individual variation in the response to diet. Here we compared the …

Plastic has rapidly transformed our world, with many aspects of human life now relying on a
variety of plastic materials. Biological plastic degradation, which employs microorganisms …

Bacteria that colonize the mammalian intestine collectively possess a far larger repertoire of
degradative enzymes and metabolic capabilities than their hosts. Microbial fermentation of …