Diversity, metabolism and microbial ecology of butyrate-producing bacteria from the human large intestine

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Louis, Petra ^a   Flint, Harry J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic metabolism; Butyrate; Colonic microbiota; Gut health; Large intestine

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COENZYME A; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLON; CROHN DISEASE; DIET; ECOLOGY; ENERGY; EUBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIUM RECTALE; EUBACTERIUM ROSEBURIA; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; FIRMICUTES; HEALTH; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LARGE INTESTINE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROORGANISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; SYNTHESIS; VOLUNTEER;

BIODIVERSITY; BUTYRATES; COENZYME A-TRANSFERASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INTESTINE, LARGE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (CARBOXYL GROUP ACCEPTOR);

CLOSTRIDIUM; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; FIRMICUTES; POSIBACTERIA; ROSEBURIA;

EID: 63849241608     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01514.x     Document Type: Article

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