José Fernández-Calleja

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Do gut microbes use triglycerides and fatty acids as an energy source?

Gut microbes ferment carbohydrates and produce SCFA among other products. They can also feed on bile acids. Are they also able to use fatty acids and triglycerides as sources of energy? Thank you...

01 May 2017 4,461 6 View

Are short-chain fatty acids in faecal samples readily lost to the environment at -20°C?

I have mouse faeces samples stored at -20°C, for about a year and a half, in non-hermetic plastic bags. I need to investigate the quantities of SCFA in these samples using gas chromatography. As...

30 March 2017 4,241 14 View

Has anyone proposed a fat mass or adiposity cut-off point to define obesity in mice?

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02 February 2017 1,195 3 View