New gut microbe produces smelly toxic gas but protects against pathogens

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Sep 18, 2023, 10:43 am209 pts
An international team of scientists led by microbiologist Alexander Loy from the University of Vienna has discovered a new intestinal microbe that feeds exclusively on taurine and produces the foul-smelling gas hydrogen sulfide. The researchers have thus provided another building block in the understanding of…

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