Background: Recently discovered relationships between the gastrointestinal microbiome
and the brain have implications for psychiatric disorders, including major depressive …

The complex carbohydrates of terrestrial and marine biomass represent a rich nutrient
source for free-living and mutualistic microbes alike. The enzymatic saccharification of these …

The capability of carbohydrate utilization in fish is limited compared to mammals. It has
scientific and practical significance to improve the ability of fish to use carbohydrates. The …

Our understanding of species evolution is undergoing restructuring. It is well accepted that
host–symbiont coevolution is responsible for fundamental aspects of biology. However, the …

Some Bacteroidetes and other human colonic bacteria can degrade arabinoxylans, common
polysaccharides found in dietary fiber. Previous work has identified gene clusters …

The structure of the human gut microbiota is controlled primarily through the degradation of
complex dietary carbohydrates, but the extent to which carbohydrate breakdown products …

ABSTRACT The Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei is the most important
crustacean species in aquaculture, accounting for 70% of the total shrimp production in the …

Background Variability in the health effects of dietary fiber might arise from inter-individual
differences in the gut microbiota's ability to ferment these substrates into beneficial …

Various functions of the gut are regulated by sophisticated interactions among its functional
elements, including the gut microbiota. These microorganisms play a crucial role in …

Resident bacteria in the densely populated human intestinal tract must efficiently compete
for carbohydrate nutrition. The Bacteroidetes, a dominant bacterial phylum in the …