… is on physiological … physiological adjustments as they switch among foods of different
composition. Owing to space limitations, we do not review the literature on digestive physiology …

… Dietary polysaccharides directly shape the microbiota because of a gap in human digestive
physiology, which is equipped to assimilate only proteins, lipids, simple sugars, and starch, …

… Fermentable carbohydrates can alter the microbial ecology greatly by acting as substrates
or supplying SCFA. Much attention has been directed toward the study of specific beneficial …

This article describes the microbial ecology of the rumen, not from a taxonomic or
morphologic view, but from the position as an intermediary between the food supply and the …

… which houses a multitude of microbes that ferment the ingested … , food and microbes, then
pass on for further digestion by the … does this mode of digestion offer to colobine monkeys, and …

… both intracellular digestion and extracellular digestion in the … research that links digestive
physiology with whole animal … , and with ecological phenomena such as foraging ecology (298, …

… All manipulations intended to improve ruminant digestion must be consistent with these basic
principles of microbial ecology in order to fully exploit the very efficient natural processes in …

… by as many as 10~ 4 indigenous prokaryotic and eukaryotie microbial cells (70). These
microbes profoundly influence some of the physiological processes of their animal host (49, 103). …

Rumen metabolism is reviewed. It is concluded that for lactating cows producing more than
60 1b milk/day, neutral detergent fibre should be not more than 32% and non-structural …

… Researchers have been investigating the ecology of the intestinal microbiota for decades (…
These extensive efforts are due to the important roles the intestinal microbiota play in digestion…