The composition and metabolic activity of child gut microbiota demonstrate differential adaptation to varied nutrient loads in an in vitro model of colonic fermentation

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 608-623

  Payne, Amanda N ^a   Chassard, Christophe ^a   Banz, Yannick ^a   Lacroix, Christophe ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dietary modulation; Gut microbiota; in vitro gut fermentation

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OBESITY; PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COLON; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; OBESITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; BUTYRATES; CHILD; COLON; CULTURE MEDIA; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY INTAKE; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; METAGENOME; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY;

CLOSTRIDIA;

EID: 84860655294     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01330.x     Document Type: Article

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