MicrobiologybioRxiv
The Food Additive Xanthan Gum Drives Adaptation of the Human Gut Microbiota
M. P. Ostrowski, S. Leanti La Rosa, B. J. Kunath…·E. Martens
This study shows that xanthan gum, a common food additive, promotes the adaptation of the human gut microbiota by enabling a novel degradation pathway in an uncultured Ruminococcaceae bacterium and facilitating cross-feeding by Bacteroides species.
DOI 10.1038/s41564-022-01093-0