TY - JOUR AU - Despres, Jordane AU - Forano, Evelyne AU - Lepercq, Pascale AU - Comtet-Marre, Sophie AU - Jubelin, Grégory AU - Yeoman, Carl J. AU - Miller, Margret E. Berg AU - Fields, Christopher J. AU - Terrapon, Nicolas AU - Le Bourvellec, Carine AU - Renard, Catherine M.G.C. AU - Henrissat, Bernard AU - White, Bryan A. AU - Mosoni, Pascale PY - 2016 DA - 2016/02/27 TI - Unraveling the pectinolytic function of Bacteroides xylanisolvens using a RNA-seq approach and mutagenesis JO - BMC Genomics SP - 147 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Diet and particularly dietary fibres have an impact on the gut microbiome and play an important role in human health and disease. Pectin is a highly consumed dietary fibre found in fruits and vegetables and is also a widely used additive in the food industry. Yet there is no information on the effect of pectin on the human gut microbiome. Likewise, little is known on gut pectinolytic bacteria and their enzyme systems. This study was undertaken to investigate the mechanisms of pectin degradation by the prominent human gut symbiont Bacteroides xylanisolvens. SN - 1471-2164 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-2472-1 DO - 10.1186/s12864-016-2472-1 ID - Despres2016 ER -