Nutritional influences on the gut microbiota and the consequences for gastrointestinal health

High-protein, reduced-carbohydrate weight-loss diets promote metabolite profiles likely to be detrimental to colonic health

(2011) Wendy R Russell et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Rates of production and utilization of lactate by microbial communities from the human colon

(2011) Alvaro Belenguer et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

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

(2010) Erica D. Sonnenburg et al.   CELL

Functional intestinal microbiome, new frontiers in prebiotic design

(2010) Marco Candela et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

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

Dominant and diet-responsive groups of bacteria within the human colonic microbiota

(2010) Alan W Walker et al.   ISME Journal

Comparative genomics of the genus Bifidobacterium

(2010) F. Bottacini et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing

(2010) Junjie Qin et al.   NATURE

Composition, variability, and temporal stability of the intestinal microbiota of the elderly

(2010) M. J. Claesson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Substrate-driven gene expression in Roseburia inulinivorans: Importance of inducible enzymes in the utilization of inulin and starch

(2010) K. P. Scott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gut microbiota fermentation of prebiotics increases satietogenic and incretin gut peptide production with consequences for appetite sensation and glucose response after a meal

(2009) Patrice D Cani et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

The Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio of the human microbiota changes with age

(2009) D Mariat et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

A Molecular Analysis of Fecal and Mucosal Bacterial Communities in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

(2009) Caroline Codling et al.   DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES

Towards the human intestinal microbiota phylogenetic core

(2009) Julien Tap et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity of human colonic butyrate-producing bacteria revealed by analysis of the butyryl-CoA:acetate CoA-transferase gene

(2009) Petra Louis et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of prebiotic effects of arabinoxylan oligosaccharides and inulin in a simulator of the human intestinal microbial ecosystem

(2009) Charlotte Grootaert et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Lactate has the potential to promote hydrogen sulphide formation in the human colon

(2009) Perrine Marquet et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Diversity, metabolism and microbial ecology of butyrate-producing bacteria from the human large intestine

(2009) Petra Louis et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

The inflammatory status of the elderly: The intestinal contribution

(2009) Eduardo J. Schiffrin et al.   MUTATION RESEARCH-FUNDAMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF MUTAGENESIS

Characterizing a model human gut microbiota composed of members of its two dominant bacterial phyla

(2009) M. A. Mahowald et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effect of inulin on the human gut microbiota: stimulation of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii

(2008) Carlett Ramirez-Farias et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

The species composition of the human intestinal microbiota differs between particle-associated and liquid phase communities

(2008) Alan W. Walker et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Linking phylogenetic identities of bacteria to starch fermentation in anin vitromodel of the large intestine by RNA-based stable isotope probing

(2008) Petia Kovatcheva-Datchary et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Phylotypes related to Ruminococcus bromii are abundant in the large bowel of humans and increase in response to a diet high in resistant starch

(2008) Guy C.J. Abell et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Assessment of metabolic diversity within the intestinal microbiota from healthy humans using combined molecular and cultural approaches

(2008) Christophe Chassard et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Twin studies reveal specific imbalances in the mucosa-associated microbiota of patients with ileal Crohnʼs disease

(2008) Ben Willing et al.   INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES

Molecular analysis of the gut microbiota of identical twins with Crohn's disease

(2008) Johan Dicksved et al.   ISME Journal

Polysaccharide utilization by gut bacteria: potential for new insights from genomic analysis

(2008) Harry J. Flint et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is an anti-inflammatory commensal bacterium identified by gut microbiota analysis of Crohn disease patients

(2008) H. Sokol et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA