Microbiota alterations are common in patients hospitalized for severe infections and preclinical models have shown that ...

But the details of how organic acids in the infant gut change with growth had not been investigated. Like the gut microbiota ... bacteria was associated with more production of the compound ...

The 602 people who were hospitalized due to an infection showed at the start of the study that they had fewer butyrate-producing bacteria ... that influence gut microbiota composition and ...

The lining of the gut is gossamer thin in order to let nutrients in, making it vulnerable to bacterial invasion ... Lactate- and butyrate-producing microbes are known to lower inflammation in ...

This combination resulted in improvements in fecal microbiota ... on gut bacteria. “Fiber is essential for feeding beneficial bacteria that produce anti-inflammatory compounds like butyrate ...