Urolithin-producing culture from the faecal matter of Sprague Dawley Rats

This study aims to (i) evaluate the capacity of Sprague Dawley rat gut microbiota to produce Uro from an ET-rich fruit by-products substrate, (ii) assess factors influencing conversion efficiency relative to EA, (iii) characterise taxonomic and functional features associated with Uro-producing microbial consortia, and (iv) evaluate the sequence similarity of predicted microbial proteins to previously characterised Uro-associated enzymes to explore potential conservation or divergence of the Uro biosynthetic pathway.