Genomic and functional diversity of the human-derived isolates of Faecalibacterium

• Published in: Frontiers in microbiology Vol. 15; p. 1379500
• Main Authors: Li, Wenxi, Lin, Xiaoqian, Liang, Hewei, Wu, Zhinan, Wang, Mengmeng, Sun, Jingxi, Li, Xiaofang, He, Wenxin, Gao, Xiaowei, Hu, Tongyuan, Xiao, Liang, Zou, Yuanqiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 30.05.2024
• Subjects: carbohydrate enzymes; Faecalibacterium; gut microbiology; Microbiology; pan-genome; probiotics; pan-genome; gut microbiology; carbohydrate enzymes; Faecalibacterium; probiotics

is one of the most abundant bacteria in the gut microbiota of healthy adults, highly regarded as a next-generation probiotic. However, the functions of genomes from cultured strains and the distribution of different species in populations may differ among different sources. We here performed an exte...