Xylose utilization and short-chain fatty acid production by selected components of the intestinal microflora of a rodent pollinator (Aethomys namaquensis)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 631-641

  Johnson, S A ^a   Jackson, S ^b   Abratt, V R ^c   Wolfaardt, G M ^b   Cordero Otero, R ^b   Nicolson, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

14C labeled xylose; Cape Floristic Kingdom; Fermentation; Gut symbionts; Proteaceae

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE FATTY ACID; XYLOSE;

ANIMAL; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CECUM; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MURINAE; PENICILLIUM; PROTEACEAE; SHIGELLA BOYDII;

ANIMALS; ARTHROBACTER; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS; CECUM; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; MURINAE; PENICILLIUM; PROTEACEAE; SHIGELLA BOYDII; XYLOSE;

AETHOMYS NAMAQUENSIS; ANIMALIA; ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SP.; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PENICILLIUM; PROTEA; RODENTIA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33747833439     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-006-0086-7     Document Type: Article

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