1. Good Bug, Bad Bug: Breaking through Microbial Stereotypes.
- Author
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Cirstea M, Radisavljevic N, and Finlay BB
- Subjects
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 microbiology, Dyslipidemias microbiology, Humans, Obesity microbiology, Gastrointestinal Microbiome physiology, Intestinal Mucosa microbiology, Probiotics therapeutic use, Verrucomicrobia metabolism
- Abstract
Our expanding knowledge of microbial mechanisms is challenging the notion of "good" versus "bad" microbes and encouraging a better understanding of their roles in various contexts before their widespread therapeutic and clinical application. The intestinal microbe Akkermansia muciniphila, a promising probiotic with an emerging cautionary tale, best highlights this challenge., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2018
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