Schleheck, David


Publications
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Ecophysiology and interactions of a taurine-respiring bacterium in the mouse gut

Citation
Ye et al. (2023). Nature Communications 14 (1)
Names
Taurinivorans muris Ts Taurinivorans
Abstract
AbstractTaurine-respiring gut bacteria produce H2S with ambivalent impact on host health. We report the isolation and ecophysiological characterization of a taurine-respiring mouse gut bacterium. Taurinivorans muris strain LT0009 represents a new widespread species that differs from the human gut sulfidogen Bilophila wadsworthia in its sulfur metabolism pathways and host distribution. T. muris specializes in taurine respiration in vivo, seemingly unaffected by mouse diet and genotype, but is dep