Effects of difructose anhydride III (DFA III) administration on rat intestinal microbiota

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 230-236

  Minamida, Kimiko ^a,b   Shiga, Kazuki ^a,c   Sujaya, I Nengah ^a,b   Sone, Teruo ^b   Yokota, Atsushi ^b   Hara, Hiroshi ^b   Asano, Kozo ^b   Tomita, Fusao ^b,d  

^a N Adv Ctr for Sci and Technology   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TENSHI COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); Difructose anhydride III (DFA III); Ruminococcus sp.

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FATTY ACIDS; FRUCTOSE; GELS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PH EFFECTS;

DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (DGEE); DIFRUCTOSE ANHYDRIDE III; MICROBIOTA; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS (SCFA);

CELLS;

DIFRUCTOSE ANHYDRIDE III; DNA 16S; FRUCTOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; CECUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RUMINOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES UNIFORMIS; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS; CLOSTRIDIUM LITUSEBURENSE; MICROBIOTA; RUMINOCOCCUS PRODUCTUS; RUMINOCOCCUS SP.; RUMINOCOCCUS SP. M-1; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 17644397474     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.99.230     Document Type: Article

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