Saturated long-chain fatty acid-producing bacteria contribute to enhanced colonic motility in rats

Abstract Background The gut microbiota is closely associated with gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorder, but the mechanism(s) by which bacteria interact with and affect host GI motility remains unclear. In this study, through using metabolomic and metagenomic analyses, an animal model of neonatal...

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Published in:	Microbiome
Main Authors:	Ling Zhao, Yufen Huang, Lin Lu, Wei Yang, Tao Huang, Zesi Lin, Chengyuan Lin, Hiuyee Kwan, Hoi Leong Xavier Wong, Yang Chen, Silong Sun, Xuefeng Xie, Xiaodong Fang, Huanming Yang, Jian Wang, Lixin Zhu, Zhaoxiang Bian
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2018-06-01
Subjects:	Gastrointestinal motility disorder Gut microbiota Neonatal maternal separation Saturated long-chain fatty acids
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-018-0492-6