ReviewNature metabolism2024
Emerging tools and best practices for studying gut microbial community metabolism.
Review in Nature metabolism, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Eggerthella lenta: metabolism, pathogenesis and therapeutic implications.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
- Beneficial impacts of postbiotic components -- Crosstalk between gut and organs.Current research in food science · 2026Review
- A newborn derived monoclonal IgM antibody selectively modulates microbial metabolism in the gut.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Straining to define a healthy microbiome.mSphere · 2025Review
- Microbial metabolism of host-derived antioxidants.Current opinion in chemical biology · 2025Review
- Study on the Effect of Radish Sprouts on Short-Chain Fatty Acids and Gut Microbial Diversity in Healthy Individuals.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Crosstalk between bile acids and gut microbiota: a potential target for precancerous lesions of gastric cancer.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
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Authors and funding
2 authors.
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Abstract
The human gut microbiome vastly extends the set of metabolic reactions catalysed by our own cells, with far-reaching consequences for host health and disease. However, our knowledge of gut microbial metabolism relies on a handful of model organisms, limiting our ability to interpret and predict the metabolism of complex microbial communities. In this Perspective, we discuss emerging tools for analysing and modelling the metabolism of gut microorganisms and for linking microorganisms, pathways and metabolites at the ecosystem level, highlighting promising best practices for researchers. Continued progress in this area will also require infrastructure development to facilitate cross-disciplinary synthesis of scientific findings. Collectively, these efforts can enable a broader and deeper understanding of the workings of the gut ecosystem and open new possibilities for microbiome manipulation and therapy.
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