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Gut microbiome: meet Ruminococcus bromii – the microbe that loves carbs

By Sylvia H. Duncan, Senior Research Fellow, Microbiology, University of Aberdeen
The fascinating human gut bacterium Ruminococcus bromii is one of the ten most common bacterial species found in the colon.

This bacterium, first discovered discovered in 1972, plays a unique role in helping to breakdown resistant starch.…The Conversation


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