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Gut Microbes Help the Body Extract More Calories from Food

Caption: This confocal microscopy of intestinal epithelial cells (red) in zebrafish shows that the presence of microbes stimulates dietary fatty acid uptake and accumulation in epithelial lipid droplets (green).

Credit: Image created by Ivana Semova, Ph.D.

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