Two Routes of Metabolic Cross-Feeding between
                    <i>Bifidobacterium adolescentis</i>
                    and Butyrate-Producing Anaerobes from the Human Gut

Belenguer, Alvaro; H. Duncan, Sylvia; Graham Calder, A.; Holtrop, Grietje; Louis, Petra; E. Lobley, Gerald; J. Flint, Harry

doi:10.1128/aem.72.5.3593-3599.2006

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Two Routes of Metabolic Cross-Feeding between Bifidobacterium adolescentis and Butyrate-Producing Anaerobes from the Human Gut

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Authors:

Alvaro Belenguer

Sylvia H. Duncan

A. Graham Calder

Abstract

ABSTRACT Dietary carbohydrates have the potential to influence diverse functional groups of bacteria within the human large intestine. Of 12 Bifidobacterium strains of human gut origin from seven species tested, four grew in pure culture on starch and nine on fructo-oligosaccharides. The potential f...

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