Temporal change in the gut community of rats fed high amylose cornstarch is driven by endogenous urea rather than strictly on carbohydrate availability

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1516-1528

  Kalmokoff, M ^a   Zwicker, B ^a   O'Hara, M ^a   Matias, F ^b   Green, J ^b   Shastri, P ^c   Green Johnson, J ^c   Brooks, S P J ^b  

^a Agriculture and Agri Food Canada Kentville   (Canada)

^b Bureau of Nutritional Sciences   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Caecal; Community change; Faecal; Resistant starch

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CYCLODEXTRINS; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDING; METABOLISM; RATS; STARCH;

BACTEROIDETES; CECAL; COMMUNITY CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; FECAL; GUT COMMUNITY; HIGH-AMYLOSE MAIZE STARCH; PHYLOTYPES; RESISTANT STARCH;

BACTERIA;

CARBOHYDRATE; HIGH AMYLOSE MAIZE STARCH; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

AMMONIA; CARBOHYDRATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FATTY ACID; FEEDING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; RODENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; STARCH; SUBSTRATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES UNIFORMIS; CECUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYLUM; PORPHYROMONADACEAE; RAT; RUMINOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS BROMII; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

BACTEROIDES UNIFORMIS; BACTEROIDETES; PORPHYROMONADACEAE; RATTUS; RUMINOCOCCUS BROMII; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84876415448     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12157     Document Type: Article

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