Opportunistic bacteria confer the ability to ferment prebiotic starch in the adult cystic fibrosis gut.

Gut Microbes · 2019 · PMC6546330 · PMID 30359203

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Post-fermentation levels of lactate, a precursor of acetate, butyrate and propionate, trended higher for CF low-R compared to CF high-R, but did not achieve significance (median peak intensity, CF low-R: 260.9 [IQR: 110.2]; CF high-R: 26.5 [IQR:35.9], p = 0.058, Supplementary Fig. 7D).

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Acetate concentrations did not correlate significantly with any bacterial taxa in CF reactions, although a positive trend with the unclassified member of the Clostridiales order was observed (r = 0.67, p = 0.12, Figure 3D ).

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