Diet is advocated as a key factor influencing gut microbiota. Several studies have focused on the effect of different carbohydrates, mainly fiber, on gut microbiota. However, what remains to be ...

College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi, China College of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710129 Shaanxi, China ...

Increasing evidence is helping to elucidate the role of the microbiome in human health and disease (Cho and Blaser, 2012). More recently, scientists have highlighted the crucial role of the microbiome ...

Correspondence to Professor Lee-Yan Sheen, Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; lysheen{at}ntu.edu.tw and Professor Ming-Shiang Wu, Department of ...