Gastrointestinal Host-Microbial Interactions in Mammals and Fish: Comparative Studies in Man, Mice, Rats, Pigs, Horses, Cows, Elk, Reindeer, Salmon and Cod

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 66-78

  Collinder, Eje ^a   Björnhag, Göran ^b   Cardona, Maria ^a   Norin, Elisabeth ^a   Rehbinder, Claes ^c   Midtvedt, Tore ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Fish; Mammals; Microflora associated characteristics; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BETA ASPARTYLGLYCINE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; COPROSTEROL; MUCIN; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROBILIN;

ATLANTIC COD; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CATTLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; COLON FLORA; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HORSE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MAMMAL; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROFLORA; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RED DEER; REINDEER; REVIEW; SALMON; SPECIES COMPARISON; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; GADUS MORHUA; MAMMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0344233208     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600310014980     Document Type: Review

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