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

Belenguer, Álvaro; H. Duncan, Sylvia; G. Calder, A.; Holtrop, Grietje; Louis, Petra; E. Lobley, G.; J. Flint, Harry

doi:10.1128/aem.72.5.3593-3599.2006

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Two Routes of Metabolic Cross-Feeding betweenBifidobacterium adolescentisand Butyrate-Producing Anaerobes from the Human Gut

Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology • May 1, 2006

Authors:

Álvaro Belenguer

Sylvia H. Duncan

A. G. Calder

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 for metabo...

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Butyrate

Roseburia

Fermentation

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