Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

An extended reconstruction of human gut microbiota metabolism of dietary compounds

  • Telmo Blasco,
  • Sergio Pérez-Burillo,
  • Francesco Balzerani,
  • Daniel Hinojosa-Nogueira,
  • Alberto Lerma-Aguilera,
  • Silvia Pastoriza,
  • Xabier Cendoya,
  • Ángel Rubio,
  • María José Gosalbes,
  • Nuria Jiménez-Hernández,
  • M. Pilar Francino,
  • Iñigo Apaolaza,
  • José Ángel Rufián-Henares,
  • Francisco J. Planes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25056-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The interplay between human diet and the gut microbiome is complex. Here, the authors present a model of human-microbiome interaction that can predict how phenolic compounds are metabolized by the human gut microbiome, identifying diet-specific metabolites in children of varied clinical conditions.