The cellulolytic microflora of the human
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Céline Robert; Annick Bernalier-Donadille
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Abstract In humans, plant cell wall polysaccharides (mainly cellulose and hemicelluloses) represent an important source of dietary fibres that are digested by the gut microflora. However, the fibrolytic micro-organisms involved in the breakdown of these substrates remain largely unknown. Our objecti