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Abstract

is a human gut symbiont, part of the infant and adult gut microbiota and associated with intestinal and extra-intestinal disorders. mechanisms of adaptation to the gut are strain-specific and underpinned by the capacity of strains to utilize mucin and dietary glycans and produce bacteriocins and adhesins. Several potential mediators underpinning the association between strains and diseases have been identified, including the capacity to elicit a pro- or anti-inflammatory host response and modulate host metabolism, secondary bile acids and tryptophan metabolic pathways. Based on increasing evidence from metagenomics studies in humans and functional investigations and in mouse models, is emerging as a main player in influencing health and disease outcomes from infants to the elderly.

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • BBSRC (Award BB/X011054/1)
    • Principle Award Recipient: NotApplicable
  • This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. This article was made open access via a Publish and Read agreement between the Microbiology Society and the corresponding author’s institution.
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