The artificial sweetener acesulfame potassium affects the gut microbiome and body weight gain in CD-1 mice

• Xiaoming Bian,

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Liang Chi,

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Bei Gao,

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Pengcheng Tu,

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Hongyu Ru,

  Affiliation Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Kun Lu

  * E-mail: kunlu@unc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8125-2394

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