Feeding Bugs to Bugs: Edible Insects Modify the Human Gut Microbiome in an in vitro Fermentation Model

Feeding Bugs to Bugs: Edible Insects Modify the Human Gut Microbiome in an in vitro Fermentation Model

We here report a study characterizing the potential for edible insects to act as a prebiotic by altering the bacterial composition of the human fecal microbiome, using batch cultures inoculated with fecal adult human donors. Black field cricket nymphs, grass grub larvae, and wax moth larvae were sub...

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Main Authors: Wayne Young, Sai Krishna Arojju, Mark R. McNeill, Elizabeth Rettedal, Jessica Gathercole, Nigel Bell, Penny Payne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
insects
microbiota
digestion
fecal culture
gut
prebiotics
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01763/full

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