Low iron availability in continuous in vitro colonic fermentations induces strong dysbiosis of the child gut microbial consortium and a decrease in main metabolites

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 161-175

  Dostal, Alexandra ^a   Fehlbaum, Sophie ^a   Chassard, Christophe ^a   Zimmermann, Michael B ^a   Lacroix, Christophe ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Butyrate; Fermentation model; Gut microbiota; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IRON;

BACTERIUM; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH IMPACT; IRON; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH CONTENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COLON; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZED CELL; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; CHILD; COLON; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; IRON; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES SP.; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EUBACTERIUM RECTALE; LACTOBACILLUS; ROSEBURIA;

EID: 84870943246     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01461.x     Document Type: Article

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