Pivotal Roles for pH, Lactate, and Lactate-Utilizing Bacteria in the Stability of a Human Colonic Microbial Ecosystem

ABSTRACT Lactate can be produced by many gut bacteria, but in adults its accumulation in the colon is often an indicator of microbiota perturbation. Using continuous culture anaerobic fermentor systems, we found that lactate concentrations remained low in communities of human colonic bacteria mainta...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shui Ping Wang, Luis A. Rubio, Sylvia H. Duncan, Gillian E. Donachie, Grietje Holtrop, Galiana Lo, Freda M. Farquharson, Josef Wagner, Julian Parkhill, Petra Louis, Alan W. Walker, Harry J. Flint
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020
Subjects:
pH
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/db6f39ae6a11410391e6b9fe0187e8e1
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Similar Items