The intestinal microbiota in the rat model: major breakthroughs from new technologies

Gender-dependent consequences of chronic olanzapine in the rat: effects on body weight, inflammatory, metabolic and microbiota parameters

(2012) Kieran J. Davey et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Predominant Effect of Host Genetics on Levels of Lactobacillus johnsonii Bacteria in the Mouse Gut

(2011) Keren Buhnik-Rosenblau et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Effects on weight gain and gut microbiota in rats given bacterial supplements and a high-energy-dense diet from fetal life through to 6 months of age

(2011) Caroline L. J. Karlsson et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

The role of gut microbiota (commensal bacteria) and the mucosal barrier in the pathogenesis of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancer: contribution of germ-free and gnotobiotic animal models of human diseases

(2011) Helena Tlaskalová-Hogenová et al.   Cellular & Molecular Immunology

Bile Acid Is a Host Factor That Regulates the Composition of the Cecal Microbiota in Rats

(2011) K.B.M. Saiful Islam et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Intestinal microbiota in human health and disease: the impact of probiotics

(2011) Jacoline Gerritsen et al.   Genes and Nutrition

Intestinal Bacterial Colonization Induces Mutualistic Regulatory T Cell Responses

(2011) Markus B. Geuking et al.   IMMUNITY

Influence of isomalto-oligosaccharides on intestinal microbiota in rats

(2011) A. Ketabi et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Impact of the Metabolic Activity ofStreptococcus thermophiluson the Colon Epithelium of Gnotobiotic Rats

(2011) Françoise Rul et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Iron Depletion and Repletion with Ferrous Sulfate or Electrolytic Iron Modifies the Composition and Metabolic Activity of the Gut Microbiota in Rats

(2011) Alexandra Dostal et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Broad-Ranging Natural Metabotype Variation Drives Physiological Plasticity in Healthy Control Inbred Rat Strains

(2011) Clément Pontoizeau et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Unravelling the effects of the environment and host genotype on the gut microbiome

(2011) Aymé Spor et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Carbohydrate Metabolism Is Essential for the Colonization of Streptococcus thermophilus in the Digestive Tract of Gnotobiotic Rats

(2011) Muriel Thomas et al.   PLoS One

The Evolution of Host Specialization in the Vertebrate Gut Symbiont Lactobacillus reuteri

(2011) Steven A. Frese et al.   PLoS Genetics

Microbiota matures colonic epithelium through a coordinated induction of cell cycle-related proteins in gnotobiotic rat

(2010) Claire Cherbuy et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

Propensity to high-fat diet-induced obesity in rats is associated with changes in the gut microbiota and gut inflammation

(2010) Claire Barbier de La Serre et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

Drastic changes in fecal and mucosa-associated microbiota in adult patients with short bowel syndrome

(2010) Francisca Joly et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Bacterial diversity in faeces from polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in Arctic Svalbard

(2010) Trine Glad et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Effects of apples and specific apple components on the cecal environment of conventional rats: role of apple pectin

(2010) Tine R Licht et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Reshaping the gut microbiome with bacterial transplantation and antibiotic intake

(2010) C. Manichanh et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

COMPANION ANIMALS SYMPOSIUM: Humanized animal models of the microbiome1

(2010) D. B. Gootenberg et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Characterization of Housing-Related Spontaneous Variations of Gut Microbiota and Expression of Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4 in Rats

(2010) Evangelina Terán-Ventura et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing

(2010) Junjie Qin et al.   NATURE

PhyloChip microarray analysis reveals altered gastrointestinal microbial communities in a rat model of colonic hypersensitivity

(2010) T. A. Nelson et al.   NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY

Site and Strain-Specific Variation in Gut Microbiota Profiles and Metabolism in Experimental Mice

(2010) Melissa K. Friswell et al.   PLoS One

Lactobacillus johnsonii N6.2 Mitigates the Development of Type 1 Diabetes in BB-DP Rats

(2010) Ricardo Valladares et al.   PLoS One

Gene targeting in the rat: advances and opportunities

(2010) Howard J. Jacob et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Establishment of the gut microbiota in Western infants

(2009) I Adlerberth et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Intestinal microflora functions in laboratory mice claimed to harbor a “normal” intestinal microflora. Is the SPF concept running out of date?

(2009) Elisabeth Norin et al.   ANAEROBE

Rat Resources in Biomedical Research

(2009) Tomoji Mashimo et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Rats!

(2009) P. M. Iannaccone et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

The Key Role of Segmented Filamentous Bacteria in the Coordinated Maturation of Gut Helper T Cell Responses

(2009) Valérie Gaboriau-Routhiau et al.   IMMUNITY

Culture-independent identification of gut bacteria correlated with the onset of diabetes in a rat model

(2009) Luiz FW Roesch et al.   ISME Journal

Charles River altered Schaedler flora (CRASF®) remained stable for four years in a mouse colony housed in individually ventilated cages

(2009) Matthias Stehr et al.   LABORATORY ANIMALS

Return of the rat

(2009) Alison Abbott   NATURE

Inhomogeneity of Fecal Flora in Separately Reared Laboratory Mice, as Detected by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE)

(2008) Seigo FUSHUKU et al.   EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS

Microbes in Gastrointestinal Health and Disease

(2008) Andrew S. Neish   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Evolution of Mammals and Their Gut Microbes

(2008) R. E. Ley et al.   SCIENCE

Microbial manipulation of the rat dam changes bacterial colonization and alters properties of the gut in her offspring

(2007) Frida Fåk et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

Quantification of Bifidobacterium spp. and Lactobacillus spp. in rat fecal samples by real-time PCR

(2006) Jean-Marc Delroisse et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH