Loss of NHE3 alters gut microbiota composition and influences Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron growth

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Engevik, Melinda A ^a,b   Aihara, Eitaro ^a,b   Montrose, Marshall H ^a,b   Shull, Gary E ^a,b   Hassett, Daniel J ^a   Worrell, Roger T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron; Clostridium difficile; Fucosylation; Ileum; Na+ H+ exchanger isoform 3

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LEVO FUCOSIDASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN 3;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALKALINITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BACTEROIDETES; CECUM; CELL COUNT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DESCENDING COLON; DRUG TARGETING; ENTEROCOCCUS; FIRMICUTES; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUID RETENTION; FUCOSYLATION; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE 2 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GOBLET CELL; ILEUM; INOCULATION; INTESTINAL SIZE; INTESTINE FLORA; ION TRANSPORT; LACTOBACILLUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SODIUM ABSORPTION; WILD TYPE;

BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FUCOSYLATION; ILEUM; NA+/H+-EXCHANGER ISOFORM 3;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINES; MICE; SODIUM; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER;

EID: 84887577062     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00184.2013     Document Type: Article

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