Fermentation of dietary carbohydrates to short-chain fatty acids by gut microbes and its influence on intestinal morphology of a detritivorous teleost tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1201-1207

  Kihara, Minoru ^a   Sakata, Takashi ^b  

^a Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc   (Japan)

^b ISHINOMAKI SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetate; Bacteria; Batch culture; Butyrate; Intestine; Muscle cell hyperplasia; Propionate; SCFA

Indexed keywords

SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL HYPERPLASIA; DIETARY INTAKE; FERMENTATION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEOST; TILAPIA;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 0031416677     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(97)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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