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SUBMITTER: Bui TP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4697335 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bui Thi Phuong Nam TP Ritari Jarmo J Boeren Sjef S de Waard Pieter P Plugge Caroline M CM de Vos Willem M WM
Nature communications 20151201
Human intestinal bacteria produce butyrate, which has signalling properties and can be used as energy source by enterocytes thus influencing colonic health. However, the pathways and the identity of bacteria involved in this process remain unclear. Here we describe the isolation from the human intestine of Intestinimonas strain AF211, a bacterium that can convert lysine stoichiometrically into butyrate and acetate when grown in a synthetic medium. Intestinimonas AF211 also converts the Amadori p ...[more]