Arabinoxylans and inulin differentially modulate the mucosal and luminal gut microbiota and mucin-degradation in humanized rats

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2667-2680

  van den Abbeele, Pieter ^a   Gérard, Philippe ^b   Rabot, Sylvie ^b   Bruneau, Aurélia ^b   El Aidy, Sahar ^c   Derrien, Muriel ^c   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^c   Zoetendal, Erwin G ^c   Smidt, Hauke ^c   Verstraete, Willy ^a   van de Wiele, Tom ^a   Possemiers, Sam ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOXYLAN; INULIN; MUCIN; PREBIOTIC AGENT; RNA 16S; XYLAN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CECUM; COLON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FERMENTATION; FISCHER 344 RAT; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CECUM; COLON; FECES; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; INULIN; MALE; METAGENOME; MUCINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PREBIOTICS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; XYLANS; YOUNG ADULT;

AKKERMANSIA MUCINIPHILA; ANAEROSTIPES CACCAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; EUBACTERIUM RECTALE; FIRMICUTES; RATTUS; ROSEBURIA INTESTINALIS; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 80053652303     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02533.x     Document Type: Article

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