the rest microbiome members lacking the ability, however, are consumers (folate auxotrophs) and rely on those folate producers to provide folate, which may limit the vitamin availability for the host including humans 248,250,251,252,253,254,255,256,257,258,259
Why it matters: In tissue and cellular research, impurities can act as confounding variables that alter inflammatory or repair responses
Zeng F, Lai M, Li Q, Zhang H, Chen Z, Gong S, Liu X, Liu B (2023) Anti-oxidative and anti-aging effects of mannoprotein-rich yeast cell wall enzymatic hydrolysate by modulating gut microbiota and metabolites in Caenorhabditis elegans
Published on November 19th, 2025
Since mouse microbiome profiles often highly correlate with body weight and fat composition, this study was designed to test whether the cecal microbiomes of DIO mice treated with NNMTi and LD were comparable to the microbiomes of age-matched lean counterparts and distinct from microbiomes of DIO mice maintained on a high-fat Western diet (WD) or subjected to LD switch alone
