Cultured representatives of two major phylogroups of human colonic Faecalibacterium prausnitzii can utilize pectin, uronic acids, and host-derived substrates for growth

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 420-428

  Lopez Siles, Mireia ^a   Khan, Tanweer M ^b   Duncan, Sylvia H ^c   Harmsen, Hermie J M ^b   Garcia Gil, L Jesús ^a   Flint, Harry J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA SEQUENCES; ACIDIC PH; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; APPLE PECTIN; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BILE SALTS; COCULTURE; DIRECT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FECAL DNA; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEALTHY HUMANS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; LARGE INTESTINE; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; STRAIN-DEPENDENT; SUBSTRATE UTILIZATION; URONIC ACIDS;

BIOLOGY; BODY FLUIDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DNA SEQUENCES; ECOLOGY; FRUITS; RNA; SALTS;

SUBSTRATES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PECTIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; URONIC ACID;

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATOR; HOMINID; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYSACCHARIDE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STOMACH CONTENT; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BILE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MALUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BILE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINE, LARGE; MALUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PECTINS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URONIC ACIDS;

BACTEROIDES SP.; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; EUBACTERIUM ELIGENS; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84855717953     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06858-11     Document Type: Article

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