Microbial communities are shaped by positive and negative interactions ranging from
competition to mutualism. In the context of the mammalian gut and its microbial inhabitants …

Vitamins are micronutrients that have physiological effects on various biological responses,
including host immunity. Therefore, vitamin deficiency leads to increased risk of developing …

Sulfur plays a critical role for the development and maintenance of life on earth, which is
reflected by the wealth of primary metabolites, macromolecules, and cofactors bearing this …

This review summarizes the current knowledge on essential vitamins B1, B2, B3, and B5.
These B-complex vitamins must be taken from diet, with the exception of vitamin B3, that can …

The human gut microbiota supplies its host with essential nutrients, including B-vitamins.
Using the PubSEED platform, we systematically assessed the genomes of 256 common …

The potential for rapid reproduction is a hallmark of microbial life, but microbes in nature
must also survive and compete when growth is constrained by resource availability …

It was once widely held that nearly all reactions in biology were catalyzed via mechanisms
involving paired electron species. Beginning approximately 40 years ago, this paradigm was …

Abstract Thiamine (thiamin, B1) is a vitamin necessary for proper cell function. It exists in a
free form as a thiamine, or as a mono-, di-or triphosphate. Thiamine plays a special role in …

Covering: up to February 2014 The methylerythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway is the
recently discovered source of isoprenoid precursors isopentenyl diphosphate (IDP) and …

Isoprenoids constitute one of the most diverse classes of natural products. As a compound
class, they are essential to basic metabolic processes including cell-wall biosynthesis, post …