Apr 2, 2004 - help, Pauline Young for DNA sequence analysis, and Maureen An- nand for .... Le Blay, G., C. Michel, H. M. Blottiere, and C. Cherbut. 1999.
Lactate-Utilizing Bacteria, Isolated from Human Feces, That Produce Butyrate as a Major Fermentation Product Sylvia H. Duncan, Petra Louis, and Harry J. Flint* Microbial Genetics Group, Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, United Kingdom Received 2 April 2004/Accepted 14 June 2004
The microbial community of the human colon contains many bacteria that produce lactic acid, but lactate is normally detected only at low concentrations (
