Association of germ-free mice with a simplified human intestinal microbiota results in a shortened intestine

Gut Microbes

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Slezak, Kathleen ^a   Krupova, Zuzana ^b   Rabot, Sylvie ^c   Loh, Gunnar ^a   Levenez, Florence ^c   Descamps, Amandine ^c   Lepage, Patricia ^c   Doré, Joël ^c   Bellier, Sylvain ^b,d   Blaut, Michael ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b UMR1313 GÉNÉTIQUE ANIMALE ET BIOLOGIE INTÉGRATIVE   (France)

^c UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^d UMR955 de Génétique Fonctionnelle et Médicale   (France)

Author keywords

Germ free mice; Gut length; Gut microbiota; Polyamine; PRM Alf mouse

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CADAVERINE; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLCADAVERINE; N ACETYLSPERMINE; POLYAMINE; PROPIONIC ACID; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; SPERMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INTESTINE FLORA; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BUTYRATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MICE; POLYAMINES; PROPIONATES;

EID: 84899448620     PISSN: 19490976     EISSN: 19490984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/gmic.28203     Document Type: Article

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