Transfer of carbohydrate-active enzymes from marine bacteria to Japanese gut microbiota

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Old Mike

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Posted 7/31/2012 4:29 PM (GMT 0)

Not sure how it might impact IBD but very interesting,seems to at least prove we are what we eat.

Perhaps we in the USA might be missing certain gut bacteria enzymes now since our diet has changed in the past 100 or so years.

Old Mike

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v464/n7290/full/nature08937.html

Post Edited (Old Mike) : 7/31/2012 10:33:50 AM (GMT-6)

codfish

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Posted 7/31/2012 10:03 PM (GMT 0)

Interesting. I think a main point is the closing line, "contact with non-sterile food may be a general factor in CAZyme diversity in human gut microbes."

All the more reason to eat more whole, actual foods, particularly well-grown, organic ones.

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