Gut microbes make for fattier fish

Rachel N Carmody; Peter J Turnbaugh

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2012.08.006

Gut microbes make for fattier fish

Cell Host Microbe. 2012 Sep 13;12(3):259-61. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2012.08.006.

Authors

Rachel N Carmody¹, Peter J Turnbaugh

Affiliation

¹ FAS Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

Abstract

The mammalian gut microbiota influences both sides of the energy balance equation, salvaging energy from undigested nutrients and directing the host to accumulate adipose tissue. Semova et al. (2012) use zebrafish to demonstrate that the gut microbiota also promotes dietary lipid absorption, emphasizing the many host-microbial interactions contributing to adiposity.

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Grants and funding

P50 GM068763/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States