Nutrition & Metabolism

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Changes in dominant groups of the gut microbiota do not explain cereal-fiber induced improvement of whole-body insulin sensitivity

Martin O Weickert1,2,3,4*, Ayman M Arafat1,2, Michael Blaut5, Carl Alpert5, Natalie Becker5, Verena Leupelt1, Natalia Rudovich1,2, Matthias Möhlig1,2 and Andreas FH Pfeiffer1,2

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1 Department of Clinical Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Germany

2 Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Charité-University-Medicine Berlin, Germany

3 Warwickshire Institute for the Study of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK

4 Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

5 Department of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Germany

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Nutrition & Metabolism 2011, 8:90 doi:10.1186/1743-7075-8-90

Published: 17 December 2011

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Table S1: FISH analysis - probes. additional file 1 shows the probes used for the analysis of diet-induced changes in gut microbiota composition.

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