Dietary vitamin K is remodeled by gut microbiota and influences community composition

Vitamins have well-established roles in bacterial metabolism. Menaquinones (MKn, n = prenyl units in sidechain) are bacterially produced forms of vitamin K produced by the gut microbiota and consumed in the diet. Little is known about the influence of dietary vitamin K quinones on gut microbial comp...

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Main Authors: Jessie L. Ellis, J. Philip Karl, Angela M. Oliverio, Xueyan Fu, Jason W. Soares, Benjamin E. Wolfe, Christopher J. Hernandez, Joel B. Mason, Sarah L. Booth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-01-01
Series:Gut Microbes
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2021.1887721