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iron occupies a unique position among dietary metals: it is both an essential nutrient and a selective pressure that shapes the gut microbial ecosystem. The form, quantity, and bioavailability of dietary iron determines which microbes thrive and which are competitively …
Every meal delivers metals to the gut lumen — essential minerals, trace elements, and contaminants alike. These metals do not passively transit the GI tract. They actively reshape the microbial ecosystem, selecting for metal-tolerant organisms, enabling virulence in met…