Gut microbes from the phylogenetically diverse genus Eubacterium and their various contributions to gut health

Over the last two decades our understanding of the gut microbiota and its contribution to health and disease has been transformed. Among a new 'generation' of potentially beneficial microbes to have been recognized are members of the genus Eubacterium, who form a part of the core human gut microbiome. The genus consists of phylogenetically, and quite frequently phenotypically, diverse species, making Eubacterium a taxonomically unique and challenging genus. Several members of the genus produce butyrate, which plays a critical role in energy homeostasis, colonic motility, immunomodulation and suppression of inflammation in the gut. Eubacterium spp. also carry out bile acid and cholesterol transformations in the…

• EC
  European Commission

  Award: 818368
• DO
  Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland

  Awards: SFI/16/RC/3835, 15/F/635, Grant no. 15/F/635, 16/RC/3835
• SF
  Science Foundation Ireland

  Awards: SFI/12/RC/, SFI/12/RC/2273, 12/RC/2273, SFI/16/RC/3835, 12/RC/, 16/RC/3835
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  Teagasc

  Award: Grant no. 2017047