Low‐calcium diet in mice leads to reduced gut colonization by Enterococcus faecium

Low‐calcium diet in mice leads to reduced gut colonization by Enterococcus faecium

Abstract The aim of this study was to determine whether dietary intervention influenced luminal Ca2+ levels and Enterococcus faecium gut colonization in mice. For this purpose, mice fed semi‐synthetic food AIN93 were compared to mice fed AIN93‐low calcium (LC). Administration of AIN93‐LC resulted in...

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Main Authors: Janetta Top, Antoni P. A. Hendrickx, Marleen T. J. vanAmpting, Kees vanLimpt, Jan Knol, Denise van deKamer, Johanna C. Braat, Marco Viveen, Malbert R. Rogers, Hans Kemperman, Rob J. L. Willems, Fernanda L. Paganelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-12-01
Series:MicrobiologyOpen
Subjects:
Enterococcus faecium
gut colonization
low‐calcium diet
mouse model
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.936

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