S. J. Edwards

Differences in Gut Microbiota Assembly Alter Its Ability to Metabolize Dietary Polysaccharides and Resist Clostridioides difficile Colonization

This study shows that diluted gut microbiota lose resistance to C. difficile and inulin metabolism, linking butyrate-producing taxa to colonization resistance.

Dietary xanthan gum alters antibiotic efficacy against the murine gut microbiota and attenuates Clostridioides difficile colonization

This study shows that dietary xanthan gum reduces C. difficile colonization in mice by maintaining gut microbiota diversity and abundance during antibiotic treatment.