The gut microflora and the uptake of glucose from the small intestine of the chick.
1. Chicks whose growth rate had been depressed either by a fully conventional flora or by association with a bile acid deconjugating strain of Streptococcus faecium and/or a filterable agent from chicken droppings showed no significant reduction in uptake of 3-0-methyl-alpha-D-glucopyranose compared with germ-free birds. 2. Association with a microflora increased the weight of the gut per unit length.
D000818:Animals; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008757:Methylglucosides / Q000378:metabolism*; D008759:Methylglycosides / Q000378:metabolism*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000378:metabolism*
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D008757:Methylglucosides; D008759:Methylglycosides