Nutritional influences on the gut microbiota and the consequences for gastrointestinal health

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1073-1078

  Scott, Karen P ^a   Duncan, Sylvia H ^a   Louis, Petra ^a   Flint, Harry J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobe; Dietary carbohydrate; Gut microbiota; Human colon; Resistant starch; Short chain fatty acid (SCFA)

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; HEMICELLULOSE; HOST FACTOR; PREBIOTIC AGENT; STARCH;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL HEALTH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES; CELLULOSE; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEALTH; HUMANS; METAGENOME; PREBIOTICS; STARCH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79960874600     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0391073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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