Resistant starch diet induces change in the swine microbiome and a predominance of beneficial bacterial populations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dietary fibers contribute to health and physiology primarily via the fermentative actions of the host's gut microbiome. Physicochemical properties such as solubility, fermentability, viscosity, and gel-forming ability differ among fiber types and are known to affect metabolism. However, few studies have focused on how they influence the gut microbiome and how these interactions influence host health. The aim of this study is to investigate how the gut microbiome of growing pigs responds to diets containing gel-forming alginate and fermentable resistant starch and to predict important interactions and functional changes within the microbiota.

Results

Nine growing pigs (3-month-old), divided into three groups, were fed with either a control, alginate-, or resistant

SUBMITTER: Umu OC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4405844 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature