{
  "id": 17002517,
  "title": "Engineering a gut bacterium depleted in industrialized microbiomes to survive malabsorption",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/engineering-a-gut-bacterium-depleted-in-industrialized-microbiomes-to",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.27.762397v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Industrialization is associated with the depletion of key gut microbial taxa and increased exposure to environmental perturbations such as malabsorption, which elevates intestinal osmolality. Here, we focus on Muribaculaceae, a family prevalent in rural Indigenous populations but depleted from industrialized microbiotas and highly sensitive to osmotic stress. We identified the opuA betaine import…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}