CSB328H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Human Microbiome Project, Amniotic Sac, Weaning
25 Jan 2014
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L e c t u r e 9 : m i c r o b i o m e s. 1. this suggests that this bacterial group stably supplies essential nitrogenous compounds deficient in lignocelluloses to their host protists: genome sequences can inform us about what metabolic pathways are present or absent in an organism. Periplasm (green) & cytoplasm (army green) are shown. Compounds that must be imported are shown in pale colors. Nonfunctional pathways and pseudogenes are marked with red x"s: trichonympha is a symbiont in the termite gut, due to their metabolic capacity, gut microbes give animals access to otherwise inaccessible food sources. How glycan metabolism shapes the human gut microbiota. Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron: bacteroides thetaiotaomicron is a very successful glycophile & an abundant member of our microbiota, digests indigestible dietary polysaccharides, has a 6. 3 mb genome. 3. it encodes the largest ensemble of genes involved in acquiring & metabolizing.
