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SUBMITTER: Udayappan S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5515273 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Udayappan Shanthadevi S Manneras-Holm Louise L Chaplin-Scott Alice A Belzer Clara C Herrema Hilde H Dallinga-Thie Geesje M GM Duncan Silvia H SH Stroes Erik S G ESG Groen Albert K AK Flint Harry J HJ Backhed Fredrik F de Vos Willem M WM Nieuwdorp Max M
NPJ biofilms and microbiomes 20160706
An altered intestinal microbiota composition is associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus. We previously identified increased intestinal levels of <i>Eubacterium hallii</i>, an anaerobic bacterium belonging to the butyrate-producing <i>Lachnospiraceae</i> family, in metabolic syndrome subjects who received a faecal transplant from a lean donor. To further assess the effects of <i>E. hallii</i> on insulin sensitivity, we orally treated obese and diabetic <i>db/db</i> mice wi ...[more]