Human Gut Bacteroidetes Can Utilize Yeast Mannan Through a Selfish Mechanism.
Cuskin, F., Lowe, E.C., Temple, M., Zhu, Y., Cameron, E.A., Pudlo, N.A., Porter, N.T., Urs, K., Thompson, A.J., Cartmell, A., Rogowski, A., Hamilton, B.S., Chen, R., Tolbert, T.J., Piens, K., Bracke, D., Vervecken, W., Hakki, Z., Speciale, G., Munoz-Munoz, J.L., Day, A., Pena, M.J., Mclean, R., Suits, M.D.L., Boraston, A.B., Atherly, T., Ziemer, C.J., Williams, S.J., Davies, G.J., Abbott, W.D., Martens, E.C., Gilbert, H.J.(2015) Nature 517: 165
- PubMed: 25567280 
- DOI: 10.1038/nature13995
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4C1R, 4C1S, 4UTF - PubMed Abstract: 
Yeasts, which have been a component of the human diet for at least 7,000 years, possess an elaborate cell wall α-mannan. The influence of yeast mannan on the ecology of the human microbiota is unknown. Here we show that yeast α-mannan is a viable food source for the Gram-negative bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a dominant member of the microbiota ...