Kinetic modelling of lactate utilization and butyrate production by key human colonic bacterial species

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 615-624

  Muñoz Tamayo, Rafael ^a,b,c   Laroche, Béatrice ^c   Walter, Éric ^c   Doré, Joël ^a   Duncan, Sylvia H ^d   Flint, Harry J ^d   Leclerc, Marion ^a  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^b UR341 National Agronomical Research Institute (INRA)   (France)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^d ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerostipes sp.; Butyrate; Eubacterium hallii; Lactate; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACYL COENZYME A; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUTYRYL COENZYME A; BUTYRYL-COENZYME A; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; LACTIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; FERMENTATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL MAT; NEW SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLON; FERMENTATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACETATES; ACYL COENZYME A; BUTYRATES; COENZYME A-TRANSFERASES; COLON; FERMENTATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANAEROSTIPES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUBACTERIUM HALLII; FIRMICUTES;

EID: 79955669243     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01085.x     Document Type: Article

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