Gastrointestinal Microbiology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction to Gastrointestinal Microbial Ecology

      • Marvin P. Bryant

      Pages 3-12

   3. Gut Environment and Evolution of Mutualistic Fermentative Digestion

      • Roderick I. Mackie

      Pages 13-35

3. Nutritional Ecology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37

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   2. Foregut Fermentation

      • Burk A. Dehority

      Pages 39-83

   3. Fermentation in the Hindgut of Mammals

      • Ian D. Hume

      Pages 84-115

   4. The Interaction of Avian Gut Microbes and Their Host: An Elusive Symbiosis

      • Conrad Vispo, William H. Karasov

      Pages 116-155

   5. Fermentation and Gastrointestinal Microorganisms in Fishes

      • Kendall D. Clements

      Pages 156-198

   6. Fermentation in Reptiles and Amphibians

      • Karen A. Bjorndal

      Pages 199-230

   7. Microbial Fermentation in Insect Guts

      • Matthew D. Kane

      Pages 231-265

4. Biochemical Activities and Metabolic Transformations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267

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   2. Carbohydrate Fermentation, Energy Transduction and Gas Metabolism in the Human Large Intestine

      • George T. Macfarlane, Glenn R. Gibson

      Pages 269-318

   3. Polysaccharide Degradation in the Rumen and Large Intestine

      • Cecil W. Forsberg, K.-J. Cheng, Bryan A. White

      Pages 319-379

   4. Digestion of Nitrogen in the Rumen: A Model for Metabolism of Nitrogen Compounds in Gastrointestinal Environments

      • Michael A. Cotta, James B. Russell

      Pages 380-423

   5. Biosynthesis of Nitrogen-Containing Compounds

      • Mark Morrison, Roderick I. Mackie

      Pages 424-469

   6. Biotransformation of Bile Acids, Cholesterol, and Steroid Hormones

      • Stephen F. Baron, Phillip B. Hylemon

      Pages 470-510

   7. Gastrointestinal Toxicology of Monogastrics

      • King-Thom Chung

      Pages 511-582

   8. Gastrointestinal Detoxification and Digestive Disorders in Ruminant Animals

      • Christopher S. McSweeney, Roderick I. Mackie

      Pages 583-634

5. Back Matter

   Pages 635-658

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Extremely diverse and complicated bacterial and protozoan populations inhabit the rumen and intestinal tract of animals, and there is a delicate balance among the individual populations within this complex microbial community. This authoritative edited volume, the first in a two-volume set, reviews the gut environment and the fermentations taking place in animal digestive tracts. It is an essential source of reference for microbial ecologists and physiologists, medical microbiologists and gastroenterologists, biochemists, nutritionists, veterinarians and animal scientists, and wildlife ecologists.

• Protozoa
• animals
• biology
• evolution
• insects
• metabolism
• microbiology
• reptiles

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• Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, USA

  Roderick I. Mackie, Bryan A. White

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