The microbiology of butyrate formation in the human colon

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-139

  Pryde, Susan E ^b   Duncan, Sylvia H ^a   Hold, Georgina L ^c   Stewart, Colin S ^a   Flint, Harry J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Butyrate; Colitis; Colonic health; Colorectal cancer; Fermentation; Large intestine; Starch

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BUTYRIC ACID; OXYGEN; STARCH;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLON; COLON DISEASE; COLON MUCOSA; COPROCOCCUS; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EUBACTERIUM; FAECALIBACTERIUM; FECES; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSEBURIA; SHORT SURVEY; SYNTHESIS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BUTYRATES; COLON; CULTURE MEDIA; FECES; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

COPROCOCCUS; FAECALIBACTERIUM; ROSEBURIA;

EID: 0037126667     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01106-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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