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| Title |
Prebiotic effects of chicory inulin in the simulator of the human intestinal microbial ecosystem
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| Published in |
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, January 2006
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.femsec.2004.07.014 |
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| Authors |
Tom Van de Wiele, Nico Boon, Sam Possemiers, Heidi Jacobs, Willy Verstraete |
| Abstract |
The prebiotic potential of native chicory inulin was assessed in the Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (SHIME) by monitoring microbial community from the colon compartments, its metabolic activity and community structure. Inulin addition selected for a higher short chain fatty acid production with shifts towards propionic and butyric acid. Conventional culture-based techniques and PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis showed no remarkable changes in the overall microbial community from the colon compartments of the SHIME, whereas selective effects were seen for lactic acid bacteria. Quantitative PCR with bifidobacteria-specific primers revealed a significant increase with more than 1 log CFU ml(-1) from the proximal to distal colon, in contrast to culture-based techniques, which only showed a minor bifidogenic effect in the ascending colon. Our results indicate that inulin purports prebiotic effects from the proximal to distal colon and that real-time PCR is a more precise technique to detect differences in bifidobacterial populations whereas conventional culturing techniques are much more variable. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 206 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 200 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 35 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 34 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 34 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 29 | 14% |
| Unknown | 46 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 71 | 34% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 12 | 6% |
| Chemistry | 9 | 4% |
| Other | 32 | 16% |
| Unknown | 53 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 August 2023.
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#7,778,730
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from FEMS Microbiology Ecology
#1,063
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#42,364
of 172,476 outputs
Outputs of similar age from FEMS Microbiology Ecology
#72
of 257 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,374,917 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 69th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,687 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.1. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 59% of its peers.
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