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Prebiotics, Probiotics, FMT / Manipulators of the Intestinal Microbiota

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In the large intestine, adult stem cells reside within the invaginations and constantly proliferate.
Kayisoglu et al. 2021

The colon is the most densely populated area of the digestive tract , with 10H12 cells per gram of intestinal substance comprised of up to 1000 different species
Shapira 2016 Trends Ecol Evol. 31(7):539-549
Gomaa 2020 Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 113(12): 2019-2040

Bacteroides and Clostridiales become the dominating members in the colon
Kim et al. 2017 Immunol Rev. 279(1): 90-105

The colon microbiota is primarily powered by the efficient breakdown of complex indigestible carbohydrates.
Marchesi et al. 2016 Gut 65: 330‑339

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Digestion and physiological properties of resistant starch in the human large bowel
Cummings et al. 1996 British Journal of Nutrition 75(5): 733-747
Gut microbiotas and host evolution: scaling up symbiosis
Shapira 2016 Trends Ecol Evol. 31(7):539-549
Review
Regional Differences in Rates of Insorption of Sodium and Water from the Human Large Intestine
Devroede et al. 1971 Can J Physiol Pharmacol 49(12): 1023-1029
Symbiotic and antibiotic interactions between gut commensal microbiota and host immune system
Malys et al. 2015 Medicina (B. Aires) 51(2): 69-75
Review
The effect of diet on the human gut microbiome: a metagenomic analysis in humanized gnotobiotic mice
Turnbaugh et al. 2009b
The intestinal microbiota: Antibiotics, colonization resistance, and enteric pathogens
Kim et al. 2017 Immunol Rev. 279(1): 90-105
The Nervous Control of the Caudal Region of the Large Bowel in the Cat
Garry 1933 J. Physiol. 77: 422-431

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