Extensive transfer of genes for edible seaweed digestion from marine to human gut bacteria
N. A. Pudlo, G. Vasconcelos Pereira, J. Parnami, M. Cid, S. Markert, J. P. Tingley, F. Unfried, A. Ali, A. Campbell, K. Urs, Y. Xiao, R. Adams, D. Martin, D. N. Bolam, D. Becher, , E. C. Martens
The paper shows gut bacteria have extensively adapted to digest seaweed polysaccharides through gene transfer from marine bacteria, revealing widespread metabolic plasticity in the human gut microbiome.
bioRxiv · Jun 9, 2020 · PreprintMicrobiology