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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2025

Diversity in chemical subunits and linkages: a key molecular determinant of microbial richness, microbiota interactions, and substrate utilization.

Hugh C McCullough, Hyun-Seob Song, Jennifer M Auchtung

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Diversity ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Hugh C McCulloughDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-6863-7474
Hyun-Seob SongDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2154-6358
Jennifer M AuchtungDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3038-583X

Funding

National Science Foundation OIA-2044049
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dietary fibers play a significant role in shaping the composition and function of microbial communities in the human colon. Our understanding of the specific chemical traits of dietary fibers that influence microbial diversity, interactions, and function remains limited. Toward filling this knowledge gap, we developed a novel measure, termed Chemical Subunits and Linkages (CheSL) Shannon diversity, to characterize the effects of carbohydrate complexity on human fecal bacteria cultured

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BacteriaDietary FiberGastrointestinal MicrobiomeMicrobial InteractionsBiodiversityFecesHumansDietary Fiberdietary carbohydratesmicrobial interactionsmicrobial richnessniche

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PMID40047463
PMCPMC11970232

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