In conclusion, understanding the impact of diet on the human gut microbiota and gut metabolism requires a far better understanding of these important but little-studied groups of Firmicutes bacteria that appear to make a highly significant contribution to the fermentation of polysaccharides.
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Polysaccharide utilization loci and nutritional specialization in a dominant group of butyrate-producing human colonic <i>Firmicutes</i>.
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