Fig. 6
From: Bacteroides salyersiae is a potent chondroitin sulfate-degrading species in the human gut microbiota
A schematic diagram illustrating the degradation of CS by the human gut microbiota. Each gut microbiota was characterized by a unique capability for CS degradation. CS was readily degraded and fermented by specific anaerobes in the gut to produce SCFAs and CSOSs. These bacteria included B. salyersiae, B. finegoldii, B. xylanisolvens, B. thetaiotaomicron, and B. ovatus. B. salyersiae was identified as a potent bacterium for CS degradation in the present study. The udp4 produced by the primary degrader B. salyersiae sustained the growth of the secondary degrader B. stercoris. B. salyersiae and B. stercoris might have co-evolved to work synergistically to degrade and utilize CS in the human gut. The figure was created with BioRender.com