Barcoded Pyrosequencing Reveals That Consumption of Galactooligosaccharides Results in a Highly Specific Bifidogenic Response in Humans

High-throughput clone library analysis of the mucosa-associated microbiota reveals dysbiosis and differences between inflamed and non-inflamed regions of the intestine in inflammatory bowel disease

(2011) Alan W Walker et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

A double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study to establish the bifidogenic effect of a very-long-chain inulin extracted from globe artichoke ( Cynara scolymus) in healthy human subjects

(2010) Adele Costabile et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Prebiotic effects: metabolic and health benefits

(2010) Marcel Roberfroid et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Specificity of Polysaccharide Use in Intestinal Bacteroides Species Determines Diet-Induced Microbiota Alterations

(2010) Erica D. Sonnenburg et al.   CELL

Mechanisms controlling pathogen colonization of the gut

(2010) Bärbel Stecher et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Gut-Residing Segmented Filamentous Bacteria Drive Autoimmune Arthritis via T Helper 17 Cells

(2010) Hsin-Jung Wu et al.   IMMUNITY

A dose dependent impact of prebiotic galactooligosaccharides on the intestinal microbiota of healthy adults

(2010) L.M.G. Davis et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Perspective: Alpha-Bugs, Their Microbial Partners, and the Link to Colon Cancer

(2010) Cynthia L. Sears et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Gut Microbiota in Human Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Differs from Non-Diabetic Adults

(2010) Nadja Larsen et al.   PLoS One

Resistant Starches Types 2 and 4 Have Differential Effects on the Composition of the Fecal Microbiota in Human Subjects

(2010) Inés Martínez et al.   PLoS One

Xylo-oligosaccharides and lactitol promote the growth of Bifidobacterium lactis and Lactobacillus species in pure cultures

(2010) H. Mäkeläinen et al.   Beneficial Microbes

Human gut microbiome: the second genome of human body

(2010) Baoli Zhu et al.   Protein & Cell

Diet-Induced Metabolic Improvements in a Hamster Model of Hypercholesterolemia Are Strongly Linked to Alterations of the Gut Microbiota

(2009) I. Martinez et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Coculture Fermentations of Bifidobacterium Species and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Reveal a Mechanistic Insight into the Prebiotic Effect of Inulin-Type Fructans

(2009) G. Falony et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Gastrointestinal microbiology enters the metagenomics era

(2009) Daniel N Frank et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GASTROENTEROLOGY

The role of pH in determining the species composition of the human colonic microbiota

(2009) Sylvia H. Duncan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Monitoring Bacterial Community of Human Gut Microbiota Reveals an Increase in Lactobacillus in Obese Patients and Methanogens in Anorexic Patients

(2009) Fabrice Armougom et al.   PLoS One

Culture-independent analysis of the gut microbiota in colorectal cancer and polyposis

(2008) Pauline D. Scanlan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins

(2008) Peter J. Turnbaugh et al.   NATURE

The Ribosomal Database Project: improved alignments and new tools for rRNA analysis

(2008) J. R. Cole et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The genome sequence of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis reveals adaptations for milk utilization within the infant microbiome

(2008) D. A. Sela et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diversity and temporal stability of fecal bacterial populations in elderly subjects consuming galacto-oligosaccharide containing probiotic yoghurt

(2007) Johanna Maukonen et al.   INTERNATIONAL DAIRY JOURNAL