Early Introduction of Plant Polysaccharides Drives the Establishment of Rabbit Gut Bacterial Ecosystems and the Acquisition of Microbial Functions

• Published in: mSystems Vol. 7; no. 3; p. e0024322
• Main Authors: Paës, Charlotte, Gidenne, Thierry, Bébin, Karine, Duperray, Joël, Gohier, Charly, Guené-Grand, Emeline, Rebours, Gwénaël, Barilly, Céline, Gabinaud, Béatrice, Cauquil, Laurent, Castinel, Adrien, Pascal, Géraldine, Darbot, Vincent, Aymard, Patrick, Debrusse, Anne-Marie, Beaumont, Martin, Combes, Sylvie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 28.06.2022
• Subjects: Agricultural sciences; Animal biology; Animal production studies; Animals; Bacteria - metabolism; Bacteriology; Diet; first food; Food and Nutrition; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; gut health; gut microbiota; intestinal development; Life Sciences; Mammals; metabolomics; Microbiology and Parasitology; Microbiota; microbiota development; Physiology and Metabolism; Polysaccharides - pharmacology; Rabbits; Research Article; Veterinary medicine and animal Health; polysaccharides; gut health; first food; young mammal; metabolomics; microbiota maturation; microbiota development; intestinal development; starch; gut microbiota

Our study was designed to gain a better understanding of how different feeding patterns affect the dynamics of gut microbiomes and microbe–host interactions. This research showed that the timing of solid food introduction is a key component of the gut microbiota shaping in early developmental stages...