Rat cecal inocula produce different patterns of short-chain fatty acids than fecal inocula in in vitro fermentations.

The effects of bacterial collection site, bacterial adaption to substrate and duration of fermentation on short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) production were studied using an in vitro fermentation system. Cecal and fecal inocula from rats fed purified diets containing 100 g/kg dietary fiber from canned peas or psyllium seed husk, or a nonpurified diet containing 170 g/kg dietary fiber fermented ileal excreta from colectomized rats fed a purified diet containing 100 g/kg dietary fiber from canned peas. The SCFA concentration, measured by gas chromatography, in anaerobic fermentations of 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 h, increased (P < 0.05) through 72 h. Compared with fecal inocula, cecal inocula produced SCFA at greater (P < 0.05) initial rates, more (P < 0.05) total SCFA and a greater (P < 0.05) proportion as n-butyrate. Inocula from rats fed the pea or nonpurified diets produced SCFA at greater (P < 0.05) molar proportions as acetate and less (P < 0.05) as propionate than inocula from rats fed psyllium seed husk at most time points. We conclude that collection site, adaptation of bacteria to the substrate to be fermented and duration of fermentation significantly influence the results of in vitro fermentation studies.

• Publication year

  1995

• Venue

  Journal of NutriLife

• Publication date

  1995-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/JN/125.10.2463PMID 7562080
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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