Ulva lactuca is poorly fermented but alters bacterial metabolism in rats inoculated with human faecal flora from methane and non-methane producers

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-30

  Andrieux, Claude ^a   Hibert, Anne ^a   Houari, Anne Marie ^a   Bensaada, Martine ^a   Popot, Françoise ^a   Szylit, Odette ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Fermentation; Fibres; Gnotobiotic rats; Seaweeds; Ulva lactuca

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; METHANE;

ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 0031978417     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199805)77:1<25::aid-jsfa989>3.3.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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