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#HIRI researchers have identified a protein and a group of #sRNAs in B. thetaiotaomicron, which regulate sugar metabolism. These discoveries shed light on how this gut microbe adapts to varying nutritional conditions: https://www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/newsroom/news/detail/news/novel-insights-into-the-metabolism-of-the-gut-microbiota/
The findings deepen our understanding of this bacterium's role in the human gut & may pave the way for new therapeutic strategies to promote health through the microbiota. The study was published in Nature Communications: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-55383-8