Amounts of viable anaerobes, methanogens, and bacterial fermentation products in feces of rats fed high-fiber or fiber-free diets.

AUTOR(ES)

Maczulak, A E

RESUMO

We investigated the impact of dietary fiber on the fecal output of microorganisms and microbial fermentation products of rats. Two groups of five male Wistar rats were fed high-fiber (HF) and fiber-free (FF) diets in the following order: (group 1) lab chow-->HF-->FF-->HF and (group 2) lab chow-->FF-->HF-->FF. Daily fecal output of total viable anaerobes was 71 times higher with the HF diet. Daily output of methanogens was 1.4 times higher for the HF diet than for the FF diet. Daily excretion of total fermentation acid products (acetate, propionate, butyrate, lactate, succinate, and formate) was 2.4 and 0.1 mmol for HF and FF diets, respectively. The ratios of acetate/propionate/butyrate were 69:21:10 for the HF diet and 92:7:1 for the FF diet. The results show that an HF diet significantly increases microbial growth in the colon and influences the proportions of organic acid products. The HF diet did not increase the ratio of methanogens to total anaerobes. We suggest that the contribution of host-derived substrates to colonic microbial growth and fermentation is insignificant.

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