title: Colonic microflora: nutrition and health.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Macfarlane
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D003106:Colon / Q000382:microbiology*; D004063:Digestion; D005232:Fatty Acids, Volatile / Q000378:metabolism; D005285:Fermentation; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
chemical_list: D005232:Fatty Acids, Volatile