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World J Gastroenterol. 2009 May 28;15(20):2479-88.
Diet, ageing and genetic factors in the pathogenesis of diverticular disease.
Commane DM, Arasaradnam RP, Mills S, Mathers JC, Bradburn M.
Human Nutrition Research Centre, School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom.
We argue that the evidence supporting the barotrauma hypothesis is largely anecdotal. We have also identified several gaps in the knowledge base which need to be filled before we can complete a model for the etiology of diverticular disease.

Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 2009 May 15.
Bioavailability of Phenolic Antioxidants Associated with Dietary Fiber: Plasma Antioxidant Capacity After Acute and Long-Term Intake in Humans.
Perez-Jimenez J, Serrano J, Tabernero M, Arranz S, Diaz-Rubio ME, Garcia-Diz L, Goni I, Saura-Calixto F.
Department of Metabolism and Nutrition (ICTAN-CSIC), Calle Jose Antonio Novais, 10, 28040, Madrid, Spain, jara@if.csic.es.

Eur J Nutr. 2009 May 5.
The influence of dietary fibre source and gender on the postprandial glucose and lipid response in healthy subjects.
Ulmius M, Johansson A, Onning G.
Biomedical Nutrition, Pure and Applied Biochemistry, Centre for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 221 00, Lund, Sweden, matilda.ulmius@tbiokem.lth.se.
Postprandial glucose, insulin and triglyceride concentrations are influenced by dietary fibre-rich meals, depending on fibre source, dose of soluble and total fibre and possibly gender.

Diabetes Metab. 2009 May 4.
Intestinal microflora and metabolic diseases.
Serino M, Luche E, Chabo C, Amar J, Burcelin R.
U858, Institut national de la sante et de la recherche medicale (Inserm), Toulouse, France; IFR31, institut de medecine moleculaire de Rangueil (I2MR), universite de Toulouse Paul-Sabatier, 1, avenue Jean-Poulhes, 31432 Toulouse cedex 4, France.
Over the past few years, it has been established that, in obesity, type 1 diabetes and Crohn's disease-to cite but a few-the intestinal microflora play a pathophysiological role and can induce, transfer or prevent the outcome of such conditions. A few of the molecular vectors responsible for this regulatory role have been determined. Some are related to control of the immune, vascular, endocrine and nervous systems located in the intestines. However, more important is the fact that the intestinal microflora-to-host relationship is bidirectional, with evidence of an impact of the host genome on the intestinal microbiome. This means that the ecology shared by the host and gut microflora should now be considered a new player that can be manipulated, using pharmacological and nutritional approaches, to control physiological functions and pathological outcomes. What now remains is to demonstrate the molecular connection between the intestinal microflora and metabolic diseases. We propose here that the proinflammatory lipopolysaccharides play a causal role in the onset of metabolic disorders.

Extremophiles. 2009 May 27.
Characterization of the intestinal microbiota of two Antarctic notothenioid fish species.
Ward NL, Steven B, Penn K, Methe BA, Detrich WH 3rd.
Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Dept 3944, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA, nlward@uwyo.edu.

J Pediatr (Rio J). 2009 May 25;85(4).
Lactobacilli and bifidobacteria in the feces of schoolchildren of two different socioeconomic groups: children from a favela and children from a private school.
de Mello RM, de Morais MB, Tahan S, Melli LC, Rodrigues MS, Mello CS, Scaletsky IC.
Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
The microbiota of schoolchildren living in unfavorable environmental conditions shows lower numbers of fecal lactobacillus and bifidobacterium colonies, especially of those children with lower BMI values.

Folia Microbiol (Praha). 2009;54(2):167-71.
Intestinal microbiota in exclusively breast-fed infants with blood-streaked stools.
Nevoral J, Rada V, Vlkova E, Blahova K, Bronsky J, Bubakova D, Killer J.
Department of Pediatrics, 2nd Medical School of the Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, 150 06, Prague, Czech Republic. jiri.nevoral@seznam.cz

Mol Nutr Food Res. 2009 May 4;53(S1):68-75.
Yoghurt impacts on the excretion of phenolic acids derived from colonic breakdown of orange juice flavanones in humans.
Roowi S, Mullen W, Edwards CA, Crozier A.
Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. Fax: +44-141-330-4613.

Vet Microbiol. 2009 May 28;137(1-2):120-8.
Characterization and quantification of feline fecal microbiota using cpn60 sequence-based methods and investigation of animal-to-animal variation in microbial population structure.
Desai AR, Musil KM, Carr AP, Hill JE.
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada.

Vet Microbiol. 2009 May 12;136(3-4):285-92.
Characterization of fecal microbiota from a Salmonella endemic cattle herd as determined by oligonucleotide fingerprinting of rDNA genes.
Patton TG, Scupham AJ, Bearson SM, Carlson SA.
Pre-Harvest Food Safety and Enteric Diseases Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA 50010, United States.

Curr Opin Microbiol. 2009 May 19.
Oligosaccharides from land plants and algae: production and applications in therapeutics and biotechnology.
Courtois J.
Laboratoire des Polysaccharides Microbiens et Vegetaux, IUT/GB, Universite de Picardie Jules Verne, Avenue des Facultes le Bailly, 80025 Amiens Cedex, France.

J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2009 May 19.
Isolation, Identification, and Characterization of Small Bioactive Peptides From Lactobacillus GG Conditional Media That Exert Both Anti-Gram-negative and Gram-positive Bactericidal Activity.
Lu R, Fasano S, Madayiputhiya N, Morin NP, Nataro J, Fasano A.
Mucosal Biology Research Center, USA daggerUniversity of Maryland College Park, USA double daggerProteomic Core Facility, USA section signCenter for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Lactobacillus GG elaborates small peptides showing various degrees of antibacterial activity. NPSRQERR showed the most potent antibacterial effect that was detected both in Gram-negative and Gram-positive microorganisms. These synthetic peptides may represent novel tools for the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases.

Anaerobe. 2009 May 14.
The effect of pH, bile and calcium on the adhesion ability of probiotic enterococci of animal origin to the porcine jejunal epithelial cell line IPEC-J2.
Marci?akova M, Klingberg TD, Laukova A, Budde BB.
Institute of Animal Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Soltesovej 4-6, 04001 Kosice, Slovakia.

World J Gastroenterol. 2009 May 14;15(18):2220-7.
Intestinal microflora molecular markers of spleen-deficient rats and evaluation of traditional Chinese drugs.
Peng Y, Wang Z, Lu Y, Wu CF, Yang JY, Li XB.
School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China.
Both fingerprint analysis and identified marker can show Pi-deficiency in rats and its difference after treatment. The identified molecular marker may be applied in screening for the active compounds both in relative traditional Chinese drugs and in pharmacodynamic study of Pi-deficiency in rats.

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 May 7.
Probiotics cannot be generally recommended for primary prevention of atopic dermatitis.
Salfeld P, Kopp MV.
Centre for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

J Trop Pediatr. 2009 May 12. [
Dose-dependent effect of Lactobacillus rhamnosus on quantitative reduction of faecal rotavirus shedding in children.
Fang SB, Lee HC, Hu JJ, Hou SY, Liu HL, Fang HW.
Department of Paediatrics, Taiwan Adventist Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Without any exception, the faecal rotavirus concentrations of all eight patients in the high-dose Lcr35 group declined by 86% after 3 days when compared with those before Lcr35 administration. In conclusion, this is the first report to provide quantitative evidence of the dose-dependent effect of Lactobacillus rhamnosus, a minimal effective dose of 6 x 10(8) CFU for 3 days, upon the faecal rotavirus shedding in paediatric patients.

J Dairy Res. 2009 May 18:1-9.
Bifidogenic effect and stimulation of short chain fatty acid production in human faecal slurry cultures by oligosaccharides derived from lactose and lactulose.
Cardelle-Cobas A, Fernandez M, Salazar N, Martinez-Villaluenga C, Villamiel M, Ruas-Madiedo P, de Los Reyes-Gavilan CG.
Instituto de Fermentaciones Industriales (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, 3, Madrid 28006, Spain.

J Anim Sci. 2009 May 22.
Effect of live yeast culture supplementation on hindgut microbial communities and their polysaccharidase and glycoside hydrolase activities in horses fed a high-fiber or high-starch diet.
Jouany JP, Medina B, Bertin G, Julliand V.
INRA, UR1213 Herbivores, Site de Theix, 63122 Saint Genes Champanelle.

Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2009 May 17:1-8.
Chemical composition and physicochemical properties of green banana (Musa acuminataxbalbisiana Colla cv. Awak) flour.
Haslinda WH, Cheng LH, Chong LC, Aziah AA.
Food Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
In general, flour prepared from unpeeled banana was found to show enhanced nutrition values with higher contents of mineral, dietary fibre and total phenolics. Hence, flour fortified with peel showed relatively higher antioxidant activity. On the other hand, better pasting properties were shown when banana flour was blended with peel. It was found that a relatively lower pasting temperature, peak viscosity, breakdown, final viscosity and setback were evident in a sample blended with peel.

Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2009 May 5:1-9.
Carbohydrate-rich foods: glycaemic indices and the effect of constituent macronutrients.
Widanagamage RD, Ekanayake S, Welihinda J.
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.