Modulation of the human gut microbiota by dietary fibres occurs at the species level

BMC Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Chung, Wing Sun Faith ^a   Walker, Alan W ^a,b   Louis, Petra ^a   Parkhill, Julian ^b   Vermeiren, Joan ^c   Bosscher, Douwina ^c   Duncan, Sylvia H ^a   Flint, Harry J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Cargill R D Centre Europe   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacteroidetes; Colonic anaerobes; Faecalibacterium prausnitzii; Firmicutes; Inulin; Pectin; Prebiotic; Propionate

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; INULIN; PECTIN; RNA 16S;

BACTEROIDES; BIOREACTOR; DIETARY FIBER; EUBACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; FIRMICUTES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH;

BACTEROIDES; BIOREACTORS; DIETARY FIBER; EUBACTERIUM; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; FIRMICUTES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INULIN; PECTINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84953856299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-015-0224-3     Document Type: Article

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