Host-derived glycans serve as selected nutrients for the gut microbe: human milk oligosaccharides and bifidobacteriaFootnote

^†This review was written in response to the author’s receipt of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry Award for the Encouragement of Young Scientists in 2011.

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