Green kiwifruit modulates the colonic microbiota in growing pigs

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 379-385

  Han, K S ^a   Balan, P ^a   Molist Gasa, F ^b   Boland, M ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colonic microbiota; Green kiwifruit; Growing pig; PCR DGGE; QPCR

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

COLONIC MICROBIOTA; DENDROGRAMS; ENTEROBACTERIA; FIBER SOURCES; GREEN KIWIFRUIT; GROWING PIG; KIWIFRUITS; PCR-DGGE; PIG FEED; QPCR;

FIBERS;

CELLULOSE;

BACTERIUM; CELLULOSE; COLONY; DIET; FRUIT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PIG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; COLON FLORA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREEZE DRYING; HIGH FIBER DIET; KIWIFRUIT; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SWINE;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79952526891     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03012.x     Document Type: Article

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