The human small intestinal microbiota is driven by rapid uptake and conversion of simple carbohydrates

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1415-1426

  Zoetendal, Erwin G ^a,b   Raes, Jeroen ^c,d   Van Den Bogert, Bartholomeus ^a,b   Arumugam, Manimozhiyan ^c   Booijink, Carien C ^a,b   Troost, Freddy J ^a,e   Bork, Peer ^c   Wels, Michiel ^a,f,g   De Vos, Willem M ^a,b   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^a,b,f  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ecological model; function; microbiota; phylogeny; small intestine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUCUS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLON; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SMALL INTESTINE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ADULT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLON; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; METAGENOME; PHYLOGENY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 84862590343     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.212     Document Type: Article

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