The gut microbiota is a changing ecosystem, containing trillions of bacteria, continuously
shaped by many factors, such as dietary habits, seasonality, lifestyle, stress, antibiotics use …

Background Butyrate, a short‐chain fatty acid, is a main end‐product of intestinal microbial
fermentation of mainly dietary fibre. Butyrate is an important energy source for intestinal …

Microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and organic acids produced by the
fermentation of non-digestible fibre can communicate from the microbiome to host tissues …

Necrotising enterocolitis is one of the most common gastrointestinal emergencies in
newborn infants. Here we review the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and …

It is increasingly recognized that there is a connection between diet, intestinal microbiota,
intestinal barrier function and the low‐grade inflammation that characterizes the progression …

There is increasing evidence that the intestinal microbiome plays an important role in
modulating systemic inflammation and disease. Oral probiotics can modulate the intestinal …

Inulin-type fructans are not digested and reach the human colon intact, where they are
selectively fermented by the colon microbiota, in particular bifidobacteria. As a result, they …

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality, and
the most common gastrointestinal emergency in neonates. 1, 2 NEC develops in …

It is now widely recognized that probiotics have health‐beneficial effects on humans and
animals. Probiotics should survive in the intestinal tract to exert beneficial effects on the …

In vitro coculture fermentations of Bifidobacterium longum BB536 and two acetate-
converting, butyrate-producing colon bacteria, Anaerostipes caccae DSM 14662 and …