The common gut microbe Eubacterium hallii also contributes to intestinal propionate formation

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue MAY, 2016, Pages

  Engels, Christina ^a   Ruscheweyh, Hans Joachim ^a,b   Beerenwinkel, Niko ^a,b   Lacroix, Christophe ^a   Schwab, Clarissa ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eubacterium hallii; Gut microbe; Propanediol; Propionate; Reuterin

Indexed keywords

1,3 PROPANEDIOL; ACETIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BUTYRIC ACID; COBALAMIN; FORMIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; LACTIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; REUTERIN; RNA 16S; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EUBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIUM HALLII; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTESTINE FUNCTION; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; METAGENOME; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION;

EID: 84973539413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00713     Document Type: Article

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