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Higher-Level Production Of Volatile Fatty Acids In Vitro By Chicken Gut Microbiotas Than By Human Gut Microbiotas As Determined By Functional Analyses, Fang Lei, Yeshi Yin, Yuezhu Wang, Bo Deng, Hongwei Yu, Lanjuan Li, Charlie Xiang, Shengyue Wang, Baoli Zhu, Xin Wang
Higher-Level Production Of Volatile Fatty Acids In Vitro By Chicken Gut Microbiotas Than By Human Gut Microbiotas As Determined By Functional Analyses, Fang Lei, Yeshi Yin, Yuezhu Wang, Bo Deng, Hongwei Yu, Lanjuan Li, Charlie Xiang, Shengyue Wang, Baoli Zhu, Xin Wang
Hongwei Yu
The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the composition and function of gut microbiota. Here, we compared the bacterial compositions and fermentation metabolites of human and chicken gut microbiotas. Results generated by quantitative PCR (qPCR) and 454 pyrosequencing of the 16S rRNA gene V3 region showed the compositions of human and chicken microbiotas to be markedly different, with chicken cecal microbiotas displaying more diversity than human fecal microbiotas. The nutrient requirements of each microbiota growing under batch and chemostat conditions were analyzed. The results showed that chicken cecal microbiotas required simple sugars and peptides to maintain …