Sulfoquinovose is exclusively metabolized by the gut microbiota and degraded differently in mice and humans

Abstract Background Sulfoquinovose (SQ) is a green-diet-derived sulfonated glucose and a selective substrate for a limited number of human gut bacteria. Complete anaerobic SQ degradation via interspecies metabolite transfer to sulfonate-respiring bacteria produces hydrogen sulfide, which has dose- a...

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Main Authors: Julia Krasenbrink, Buck T. Hanson, Anna S. Weiss, Sabrina Borusak, Tomohisa Sebastian Tanabe, Michaela Lang, Georg Aichinger, Bela Hausmann, David Berry, Andreas Richter, Doris Marko, Marc Mussmann, David Schleheck, Bärbel Stecher, Alexander Loy
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-08-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-02175-x
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