Milk to mucus: How B.  fragilis colonizes the gut

Cell Host Microbe. 2024 Feb 14;32(2):149-150. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.01.007.ABSTRACTHuman milk oligosaccharide (HMO) consumption by the infant microbiota is positively associated with immune health. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Buzun et al. report a mechanism for HMO digestion by Bacteroides fragilis and demonstrate how the same pathway works on intestinal mucus to establish long-term gut residency.PMID:38359795 | DOI:10.1016/j.chom.2024.01.007

Source: Cell Host and Microbe - February 15, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Matthew R Olm Noel T Mueller Source Type: research