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Authors’ contributions
Made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the study and performed data analysis and
interpretation: Puhlmann ML, van de Rakt E, Kerezoudi EN, Rangel I, Brummer RJ, Smidt H, Kaper FS, de
Vos WM
Performed data acquisition, as well as providing administrative, technical, and material support: Puhlmann
ML, van de Rakt E, Kerezoudi EN, Rangel I, Brummer RJ, Smidt H
Wrote original draft, reviewed, and edited: Puhlmann ML, de Vos WM
Availability of data and materials
Data are available in the Supplementary Materials, and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequences are submitted to
the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) under accession numbers PRJEB74436 and PRJEB74437.
Financial support and sponsorship
This work was partly supported by the unlimited 2008 Spinoza grant of the Netherlands Organization of
Scientific Research (NWO) to de Vos WM and a VLAG fellowship grant 2.0 2022/23 to Puhlmann ML.
Conflicts of interest
Kaper FS is the founder and CEO of WholeFiber BV and de Vos WM is scientific advisor to WholeFiber
BV. Other authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval and consent to participate
The Research Ethics Committee of Örebro University (dnr 2021-05142) approved the study using human
colonic biopsies. The study was executed conformly with the Declaration of Helsinki and written informed
consent was obtained from all subjects prior to the study.
Consent for publication
Not applicable.
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2024.
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