Effect of Condensed Tannins on Bacterial Diversity and Metabolic Activity in the Rat Gastrointestinal Tract

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1104-1115

  Smith, Alexandra H ^a,b,c   Mackie, Roderick I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Animal Nutrition and Animal Products Institute   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL POPULATION; MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTING;

BACTERIA;

PROANTHOCYANIDIN; TANNIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACACIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTEROIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM LEPTUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES MICROFLORA; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACACIA; ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANNINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACACIA; ACACIA ANGUSTISSIMA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM LEPTUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 2342474455     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.1104-1115.2004     Document Type: Article

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