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Abundance of the species Clostridium butyricum in the gut microbiota contributes to differences in obesity phenotype in outbred Sprague-Dawley CD rats.
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) - 1 Oct 2020
Obanda Diana N, Husseneder Claudia, Raggio Anne M, Page Ryan, Marx Brian, Stout Rhett W, Guice Justin, Coulon Diana, Keenan Michael J
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OBJECTIVES: Gut microbiota profiles contribute to differences in obesity phenotype. We examined the abundance of the species Clostridium butyricum in relation to obesity phenotype. METHODS: In outbred Sprague -Dawley rats we examined effects of dietary fat, resistant starch (RS), and a microbiota transplant on obesity phenotype. Using targeted qPCR, we examined the abundance of total gut bacteria and C. butyricum...
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