Alteration of the gastrointestinal microbiota of mice by edible blue-green algae

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1108-1118

  Rasmussen, H E ^a   Martinez I ^a   Lee, J Y ^a   Walter, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue green algae; Gut microbiota; Nostoc commune

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ECOLOGY; MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL NUMBERS; BLUE GREEN ALGAE; COLONIC MICROBIOTA; CYANOBACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL; GUT MICROBIOTA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NOSTOC COMMUNES; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

ELECTROPHORESIS;

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIET; DRUG; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFANIZOMINON FLOS AQUAE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLUE GREEN ALGA; COLON FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC COMMUNE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS; MUS; NOSTOC COMMUNE; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 70349105040     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04288.x     Document Type: Article

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