An international team of microbiologists has discovered that some gut microbes increase the absorption of dietary fats, allowing the host organism to extract more calories from the same amount of food. A collage showing zebrafish and bacteria Pseudomonas sp. (Vetmeduni Vienna, S.M. Zala / escuelapedia.com) “This study is the first to demonstrate that microbes can promote the absorption of dietary fats in the intestine and their subsequent metabolism...
