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SUBMITTER: Shoaie S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3755282 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shoaie Saeed S Karlsson Fredrik F Mardinoglu Adil A Nookaew Intawat I Bordel Sergio S Nielsen Jens J
Scientific reports 20130101
The human gut microbiome plays an influential role in maintaining human health, and it is a potential target for prevention and treatment of disease. Genome-scale metabolic models (GEMs) can provide an increased understanding of the mechanisms behind the effects of diet, the genotype-phenotype relationship and microbial robustness. Here we reconstructed GEMs for three key species, (Bacteroides thetaiotamicron, Eubacterium rectale and Methanobrevibacter smithii) as relevant representatives of thr ...[more]