Symbiotic microorganisms that reside in the human intestine are adept at foraging glycans
and polysaccharides, including those in dietary plants (starch, hemicellulose and pectin) …

Early life is a critical period as our gut microbiota establishes here and may impact both
current and future health. Thus, it is of importance to understand how different factors govern …

The intestinal epithelial barrier includes columnar epithelial, Paneth, goblet,
enteroendocrine, and tuft cells as well as other cell populations, all of which contribute …

Human milk contains high concentrations of nondigestible complex oligosaccharides
(human milk oligosaccharides; HMO) that reach the colon and are subsequently fermented …

A number of bacterial species are found in high abundance in the faeces of healthy breast-
fed infants, an occurrence that is understood to be, at least in part, due to the ability of these …

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) play an important role in the health of an infant as
substrate for beneficial gut bacteria. Little is known about the effects of HMO composition …

Fucose is a monosaccharide commonly found in mammalian, insect, microbial and plant
glycans. The removal of terminal α-l-fucosyl residues from oligosaccharides and …

Fucoidan is a complex-sulfated polysaccharide distributed in various marine organisms, and
the brown algae are reported as the major producer. The fucoidan is important for their high …

Abstract Background Lacticaseibacillus casei and Lacticaseibacillus paracasei are widely
distributed in various environments, and are common residents of the gastrointestinal tracts …

The gut microbiota plays a major role in human health and an alteration in gut microbiota
structure and function has been implicated in several diseases. In the colon, mucus covering …