Adaptation of gut microbiome to different dietary nonstarch polysaccharide fractions in a porcine model

ConclusionThis study not only indicated how the gut microbiome adapts to the three major NSP fractions, but the results also contribute to our understanding of the role of dietary fibers in modulating gut microbiota and health.

Cecal digesta contain higher bacterial diversity than ileal digesta. Dietary fibers have no significant influence on overall diversity, but acutely alter the abundance of specific bacterial. Interestingly, ingestion of dietary fibers decreases the abundance of Firmicutes, but increases the abundance of Proteobacteria in ileal samples.

Source: Nahrung / Food - July 18, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: Gang Tian, Xiying Wu, Daiwen Chen, Bing Yu, Jun He Tags: Research Article Source Type: research