Links between diet, gut microbiota composition and gut metabolism

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 760, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Flint, Harry J ^a   Duncan, Sylvia H ^a   Scott, Karen P ^a   Louis, Petra ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butyrate; Detary fibre; Gut bacteria; Lactate; Propionate

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROPIONIC ACID; DEOXYSUGAR; HEXOSE; BUTYRATES; PROPIONATES;

ANAEROSTIPES HADRUS; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BLAUTIA WEXLERAE; COLLINSELLA AEROFACIENS; COLON FLORA; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPROCOCCUS CATUS; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EUBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIUM HALLII; EUBACTERIUM RECTALE; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; RUMINOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS BROMII; RUMINOCOCCUS OBEUM; SPECIES COMPOSITION; FIRMICUTES; MICROBIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICROBIOTA; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES;

BUTYRATES; FERMENTATION; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LACTIC ACID; MICROBIOTA; PROPIONATES;

EID: 84921454304     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665114001463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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