title: Handle energy resources with care.
abstract: While politicians discuss rules to improve the efficacy of global energy consumption and to limit environmental pollution, the mammalian body has numerous mechanisms to efficiently use nutrient resources and appropriately extract energy. A new mechanism has recently been identified by the group of Fredrik Bäckhed in Cell Host & Microbe.
authors: Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. Electronic address: fulde.marcus@mh-hannover.de.
authors: Marcus
authors: M
authors: Fulde
authors: Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. Electronic address: hornef.mathias@mh-hannover.de.
authors: Mathias
authors: M
authors: Hornef
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D003106:Colon / Q000382:microbiology*; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000378:metabolism*; D005772:Gastrointestinal Transit