Today, Dr. Manuel Kleiner, Associate Professor of Microbiomes and Complex Microbial Communities at North Carolina State University, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how diet can influence the microbiome in fascinating ways.
Host: Mark O. Martin
Guest: Manuel Kleiner
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Links for this episode
- An overview of "pink pigmented facultative methylotrophs," which can lead to wonderful "leaf prints."
- Gnotobiotic versus "germ-free" animals.
- A solid review of the gut microbiome and the relationship to health.
- An article describing how proteins are digested by the microbiota.
- A description of glycan degrading enzymes and the gut microbiome.
- An overview of mucin.
- Description of metaproteomics by Dr. Kleiner.
- Description of metagenomics.
- Gut microbiota and dysbiosis.
- An overview of inflammatory bowel disease.
- An overview of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.
- An overview of Akkermansia muciniphila.
- The possibility of microbes "farming" us for mucus!
- The wide ranging and deeply fascinating website for Dr. Kleiner's research group.
- Dr. Kleiner's faculty website.
Intro music is by Reber Clark
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