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Potential performance-enhancing probiotic for the future

Certain gut bacterial species increase mouse treadmill duration by 13%

24-Jun-2019

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Stool samples of 15 athletes were investigated daily for a week before and after the marathon.

Levels of the Veillonella atypica were found to be increased in the microbiomes following the marathon.

Key to the subsequent increase in exercise capacity is the unique way Veillonella produces propionate.

Study was published in the journal Nature Medicine.

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Aleksandar D. Kostic

Assistant Professor of Microbiology at Harvard University.

Harvard Medical School

Graduate medical school of Harvard University

Nature Medicine

Scientific Journal providing information from all areas of medicine

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