The impact of nutrition on intestinal bacterial communities

Harry J Flint; Sylvia H Duncan; Petra Louis

doi:10.1016/j.mib.2017.04.005

The impact of nutrition on intestinal bacterial communities

Harry J Flint^* (Corresponding Author), Sylvia H Duncan, Petra Louis

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The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health

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Abstract

What we eat influences the species composition of our gut microbiota. This is not only because diet composition determines the supply of substrates for microbial growth (in the form of dietary residue, mainly fibre, that reaches the large intestine) but also because of impacts on gut transit and the gut environment. In turn the metabolic activities of the gut microbiota, which have important health consequences, are influenced by diet and diet-driven changes in microbiota composition. Better understanding of the metabolic capabilities and host-interactions of dominant members of the gut microbiota will aid our ability to improve human health through diet.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	59-65
Number of pages	7
Journal	Current Opinion in Microbiology
Volume	38
Early online date	6 May 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2017.04.005
Publication status	Published - Aug 2017

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The authors receive support from the Scottish Government Food, Land and People research programme.

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The impact of nutrition on intestinal bacterial communities

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