Article
Lactulose increases bacterial diversity and modulates the swine faecal microbiome as revealed by 454-pyrosequencing
2015-11-01
Abstract excerpt
Lactulose is a synthetic by-product of the isomerization of lactose to disaccharide galactosyl β-(1→4) fructose, and is widely applied as an oral therapeutic and laxative. As a prebiotic, lactulose is thought to control gastrointestinal diseases associated with weaning both in humans and animals. This study focuses on the effect of lactulose as a prebiotic supplement in modulating the microbial community compositi...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 647c98ce-3634-5d88-bab9-438de679adbc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2015.07.018
