Response of mouse intestinal microflora to dietary cellulose, starch and sucrose
1979
Araujo, Paul E. | Norden, Alan R.
Extract: Mice of the C57B1/Fn strain were placed on diets of either 77 percent starch or 77 percent sucrose. To the basic diets was added 10 percent cellulose for half the test animals in each group. After a 3 week feeding period, the microflora of the intestinal tracts was sampled. Counts obtained from mice on either the starch or sucrose basal diets were not different. Addition of cellulose to the diets resulted in a greater drop in the number of bacteria found in the intestines of the animals fed the sucrose diet as compared to those fed the starch diet. These differences were less noticeable with tests for coliform and streptococcal bacteria.
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