Phylum level change in the cecal and fecal gut communities of rats fed diets containing different fermentable substrates supports a role for nitrogen as a factor contributing to community structure

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3279-3299

  Kalmokoff, Martin ^a   Franklin, Jeff ^a   Petronella, Nicholas ^b   Green, Judy ^c   Brooks, Stephen P J ^c  

^a Agriculture and Agri Food Canada Kentville   (Canada)

^b Bureau of Food Policy and Science Integration   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Cecum; Diet; Feces; Metagenome

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DNA; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; NITROGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE; RNA 16S; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEIN INTAKE;

16S RRNA GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTEROIDETES; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA ISOLATION; ERYSIPELOTRICHACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FIRMICUTES; GENE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACHNOSPIRACEAE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PORPHYROMONADACEAE; PRINCIPAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS; RAT; RUMINOCOCCACEAE; SEED GENE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SIGMOID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDALES; BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; LACHNOSPIRACEAE; RATTUS;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTEROIDETES; CECUM; COLON, SIGMOID; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FERMENTATION; FIRMICUTES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; MALE; METAGENOME; NITROGEN; RATS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84929352885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7053279     Document Type: Article

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