Factors affecting hydrogen production and consumption by human fecal flora: The critical roles of hydrogen tension and methanogenesis

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 1304-1311

  Strocchi, Alessandra ^a   Levitt, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic flora; Intestinal gas; Methane

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; LACTULOSE; METHANE; SULFIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CATABOLISM; COLON FLORA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FECES MICROFLORA; FERMENTATION; FLATULENCE; GAS ANALYSIS; HOMOGENATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; FECES; HUMAN; HYDROGEN; METHANE;

EID: 0026717366     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI115716     Document Type: Article

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