Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) in the gut microbiome

JF Wardman, RK Bains, P Rahfeld… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The 1013–1014 microorganisms present in the human gut (collectively known as the human
gut microbiota) dedicate substantial percentages of their genomes to the degradation and …

Intestinal mucus and their glycans: A habitat for thriving microbiota

AS Luis, GC Hansson - Cell Host & Microbe, 2023 - cell.com
The colon mucus layer is organized with an inner colon mucus layer that is impenetrable to
bacteria and an outer mucus layer that is expanded to allow microbiota colonization. A major …

The carbohydrate-active enzyme database: functions and literature

E Drula, ML Garron, S Dogan, V Lombard… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Thirty years have elapsed since the emergence of the classification of carbohydrate-active
enzymes in sequence-based families that became the CAZy database over 20 years ago …

Systematic review of gut microbiota and major depression

SG Cheung, AR Goldenthal, AC Uhlemann… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Recently discovered relationships between the gastrointestinal microbiome
and the brain have implications for psychiatric disorders, including major depressive …

Interactions of commensal and pathogenic microorganisms with the intestinal mucosal barrier

EC Martens, M Neumann, MS Desai - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
The intestinal mucosal barrier is composed of epithelial cells that are protected by an
overlying host-secreted mucous layer and functions as the first line of defence against …

Gut firmicutes: Relationship with dietary fiber and role in host homeostasis

Y Sun, S Zhang, Q Nie, H He, H Tan… - Critical reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes are the predominant bacterial phyla colonizing the healthy
human gut. Accumulating evidence suggests that dietary fiber plays a crucial role in host …

Cultivation and sequencing of rumen microbiome members from the Hungate1000 Collection

R Seshadri, SC Leahy, GT Attwood, KH Teh… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Productivity of ruminant livestock depends on the rumen microbiota, which ferment
indigestible plant polysaccharides into nutrients used for growth. Understanding the …

Polysaccharide degradation by the Bacteroidetes: mechanisms and nomenclature

LS McKee, SL La Rosa, B Westereng… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Bacteroidetes phylum is renowned for its ability to degrade a wide range of complex
carbohydrates, a trait that has enabled its dominance in many diverse environments. The …

Biologically active polysaccharide from edible mushrooms: A review

P Maity, IK Sen, I Chakraborty, S Mondal, H Bar… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mushrooms are renewable natural gift for humankind, furnished with unique taste, flavor and
medicinal properties. For the last few decades study of mushroom polysaccharides has …

[HTML][HTML] Bacteroides utilization for dietary polysaccharides and their beneficial effects on gut health

J Cheng, J Hu, F Geng, S Nie - Food Science and Human Wellness, 2022 - Elsevier
Polysaccharide was a class of macromolecular substance with various bioactive functions.
Gut symbiotic microorganisms could utilize the polysaccharides from various sources, thus …