Some are more equal than others: The role of "keystone" species in the degradation of recalcitrant substrates

Gut Microbes

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Ze, Xiaolei ^a   Le Mougen, Fanny ^a   Duncan, Sylvia H ^a   Louis, Petra ^a   Flint, Harry J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Crossfeeding; Human colon; Keystone species; Microbial consortia; Microbiota; Resistant starch

Indexed keywords

OLIGOSACCHARIDE; STARCH; RESISTANT STARCH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ECOSYSTEM; FERMENTATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LARGE INTESTINE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUSTULOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; RUMINOCOCCUS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; COLON; CROSS-FEEDING; HUMAN COLON; HYDROLYSIS; KEYSTONE SPECIES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; REVIEW;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; CROSS-FEEDING; HUMAN COLON; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MICROBIOTA; RESISTANT STARCH;

COLON; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; RUMINOCOCCUS; STARCH;

EID: 84877356167     PISSN: 19490976     EISSN: 19490984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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