Immunomagnetic Capture of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Selectively Modifies the Fecal Microbiota and Its Immunomodulatory Profile

Abstract

There is increasing interest in deciphering the contribution of gut microbiota species to health and disease amelioration. The approach proposed herein provides a novel and affordable strategy to probe deeply into microbiota-host interactions by strategically modifying the relative abundance of specific gut microbes, hence facilitating the study of their contribution to a given trait of the microbiota.