Butyric acid-producing anaerobic bacteria as a novel probiotic treatment approach for inflammatory bowel disease

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
• ² Department of Gastroenterology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
• ³ Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
• ⁴ Department of Gastroenterology and Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium.
• ⁵ Centre of Excellence Food2Know, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
• ⁶ Microbial Ecology Group, Gut Health Programme, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.