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Utilization of essential amino acids synthesized in the intestinal microbiota of monogastric mammals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2007

Cornelia C. Metges  and
Klaus J. Petzke
Cornelia C. Metges
Affiliation:
Research Institute for the Biology of Farm Animals (FBN), Research Unit Nutritional Physiology, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, D-18196 Dummerstorf, Germany
Klaus J. Petzke
Affiliation:
German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE), Stable Isotope Group Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 155, D-14558 Nuthetal, Germany, metges@fbn-dummerstorf.de
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British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 94 , Issue 5 , November 2005 , pp. 621 - 622
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2005

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