Inclusion of Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) in pigs' diets affects the intestinal microenvironment and the gut microbiota

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4102-4109

  Liu, Haoyu ^a   Ivarsson, Emma ^a   Dicksved, Johan ^a   Lundh, Torbjörn ^a   Lindberg, Jan Erik ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; BODY WEIGHT; CHICORY ROOTS; CICHORIUM INTYBUS; CLONING AND SEQUENCING; DIGESTA; FERMENTATION PRODUCTS; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; MICROBIOTAS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MOLAR PROPORTIONS; PLANT FIBERS; PREBIOTICS; PREVOTELLA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS;

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LACTIC ACID; MAMMALS; NUTRITION; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIAL DNA;

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DICOTYLEDON; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FERMENTATION; FORAGE; PH; PIG; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CHICORY; CLASSIFICATION; COLON; DIET; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ILEUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOTA; CHICORY; COLON; DIET; DNA, BACTERIAL; ILEUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CICHORIUM INTYBUS; MEGASPHAERA ELSDENII; PREVOTELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84864088399     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07702-11     Document Type: Article

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