Gut-microbial butyrate is a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) of significant physiological
importance than the other major SCFAs (acetate and propionate). Most butyrate producers …

Over the last two decades our understanding of the gut microbiota and its contribution to
health and disease has been transformed. Among a new 'generation'of potentially beneficial …

The gut microbiota play important roles in lipid metabolism and absorption. However, the
contribution of the small bowel microbiota of mammals to these diet-microbe interactions …

Background Parkinson's disease is characterized by a high burden of gastrointestinal
comorbidities, especially constipation and reduced colonic transit time, and by gut …

Circadian clocks and metabolism are inextricably intertwined, where central and hepatic
circadian clocks coordinate metabolic events in response to light-dark and sleep-wake …

The gut microbiome and its metabolites are increasingly implicated in several
cardiovascular diseases, but their role in human myocardial infarction (MI) injury responses …

Butyrate-producing bacteria have recently gained attention, since they are important for a
healthy colon and when altered contribute to emerging diseases, such as ulcerative colitis …

Key points The short‐chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are bacterial metabolites produced during
the colonic fermentation of undigested carbohydrates, such as dietary fibre and prebiotics …

Some plant polysaccharides cannot be digested by humans, arriving intact to the colon,
where they are fermented by a distinct group of anaerobic beneficial bacterial species …

Ribosomal RNA genes have become the standard molecular markers for microbial
community analysis for good reasons, including universal occurrence in cellular organisms …