Effect of inulin on the human gut microbiota: stimulation of<i>Bifidobacterium adolescentis</i>and<i>Faecalibacterium prausnitzii</i>

Ramirez‐Farias, Carlett; Slezak, Kathleen; Fuller, Zoë; J. Duncan, Alan; Holtrop, Grietje; Louis, Petra

doi:10.1017/s0007114508019880

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Effect of inulin on the human gut microbiota: stimulation ofBifidobacterium adolescentisandFaecalibacterium prausnitzii

Published in British Journal Of Nutrition • Jul 1, 2008

Authors:

Carlett Ramirez‐Farias

Kathleen Slezak

Zoë Fuller

Abstract

Prebiotics are food ingredients that improve health by modulating the colonic microbiota. The bifidogenic effect of the prebiotic inulin is well established; however, it remains unclear which species of Bifidobacterium are stimulated in vivo and whether bacterial groups other than lactic acid bacter...

Subject

Bifidobacterium bifidum

Bifidobacterium

Faecalibacterium prausnitzii

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