How a versatile gut bacterium helps us get our daily dietary fiber

Sunday, January 19, 2014 - 15:00 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have discovered the genetic machinery that turns a common gut bacterium into the Swiss Army knife of the digestive tract -- helping us metabolize a main component of dietary fiber from the cell walls of fruits and vegetables.

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