Component
Bilophila wadsworthia
Context-specific entity; species, compartment and exposure are stated on each claim.
2 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
Enzymes, hormones, genes, and other components with a recorded effect. These are not nutrients, so they do not count toward the arrows above. Each finding names the chapter that recorded it.
How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
Where it participates (unsigned role)
Adding taurocholic acid, but not glycocholic acid, to a low-fat mouse diet promoted Bilophila wadsworthia expansion.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_access
- Primary abstract
- experimental_model
- Mouse dietary experiments with conjugate comparison.
- limitations
- The intervention was taurocholate, not free taurine alone; microbial community and host genotype matter.
- nutrient_topic
- Taurine collection; molecular form, preparation, species, exposure and manipulation remain explicit. · Taurine
- plain_language
- Taurine-conjugated bile supplies sulfur that certain microbes can exploit.
- primary_references
- Dietary-fat-induced taurocholic acid promotes pathobiont expansion and colitis in Il10-/- mice. · 2012 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22722865/ · DOI 10.1038/nature11225
Taurine: synthesis, transport, mitochondrial decoding and nutrient interactions (2026-09-19) · lines 329–335
AI-assisted research curation; primary-abstract references and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Mouse dietary experiments with conjugate comparison. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## taurine-microbial-bilophila Taurine-conjugated bile supplies sulfur that certain microbes can exploit. Adding taurocholic acid, but not glycocholic acid, to a low-fat mouse diet promoted Bilophila wadsworthia expansion. Model: Mouse dietary experiments with conjugate comparison. Limitations: The intervention was taurocholate, not free taurine alone; microbial community and host genotype matter. Evidence access: Primary abstract Dietary-fat-induced taurocholic acid promotes pathobiont expansion and colitis in Il10-/- mice. · 2012 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22722865/ · DOI 10.1038/nature11225
Complete structured claim and evidenceTaurocholic-acid feeding promoted colitis in Il10-null mice; milk-fat-associated microbial expansion and inflammation depended on host susceptibility.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_access
- Primary abstract
- experimental_model
- Il10-deficient and wild-type mouse comparisons.
- limitations
- Not a demonstration that taurine causes human inflammatory bowel disease.
- nutrient_topic
- Taurine collection; molecular form, preparation, species, exposure and manipulation remain explicit. · Taurine
- plain_language
- A sulfur-using microbial route worsened inflammation in this susceptible model.
- primary_references
- Dietary-fat-induced taurocholic acid promotes pathobiont expansion and colitis in Il10-/- mice. · 2012 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22722865/ · DOI 10.1038/nature11225
Taurine: synthesis, transport, mitochondrial decoding and nutrient interactions (2026-09-19) · lines 337–343
AI-assisted research curation; primary-abstract references and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Il10-deficient and wild-type mouse comparisons. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## taurine-microbial-colitis A sulfur-using microbial route worsened inflammation in this susceptible model. Taurocholic-acid feeding promoted colitis in Il10-null mice; milk-fat-associated microbial expansion and inflammation depended on host susceptibility. Model: Il10-deficient and wild-type mouse comparisons. Limitations: Not a demonstration that taurine causes human inflammatory bowel disease. Evidence access: Primary abstract Dietary-fat-induced taurocholic acid promotes pathobiont expansion and colitis in Il10-/- mice. · 2012 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22722865/ · DOI 10.1038/nature11225
Complete structured claim and evidence
The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
Low-supply and faulty-machinery situations recorded in the chapters where this component plays a part.
In the sources
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Open hypotheses
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