人类肠道细菌Bacteroides fragilis菌株638R的基因组规模代谢建模

Maxwell Neal1, Deepan Thiruppathy1, Karsten Zengler1,2,3

  • 1Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America.

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概括

这项研究提出了一个新的代谢模型,用于Bacteroides fragilis,一个关键的肠道细菌. 该模型有助于了解饮食如何影响肠道细菌及其在肥胖和IBD等疾病中的作用.

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