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ArticleToxins2014

The effect of experimental fusarium mycotoxicosis on microbiota diversity in porcine ascending colon contents.

Małgorzata Piotrowska, Katarzyna Sliżewska, Adriana Nowak, Lukasz Zielonka, Zofia Zakowska, Magdalena Gajęcka, Maciej Gajęcki

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Article in Toxins, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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45citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Małgorzata PiotrowskaInstitute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz University of Technology, Wólczańska 171/173, Łódź 90-924, Poland. malgorzata.piotrowska@p.lodz.pl.
Katarzyna SliżewskaInstitute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz University of Technology, Wólczańska 171/173, Łódź 90-924, Poland. katarzyna.slizewska@p.lodz.pl.
Adriana NowakInstitute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz University of Technology, Wólczańska 171/173, Łódź 90-924, Poland. adriana.nowak@p.lodz.pl.
Lukasz ZielonkaDepartment of Veterinary Prevention and Feed Hygiene, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 13/19, Olsztyn 10-717, Poland. lukasz.zielonka@uwm.edu.pl.
Zofia ZakowskaInstitute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz University of Technology, Wólczańska 171/173, Łódź 90-924, Poland. zofia.zakowska@p.lodz.pl.
Magdalena GajęckaDepartment of Veterinary Prevention and Feed Hygiene, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 13/19, Olsztyn 10-717, Poland. gajecki@uwm.edu.pl.
Maciej GajęckiDepartment of Veterinary Prevention and Feed Hygiene, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 13/19, Olsztyn 10-717, Poland. gajecki@uwm.edu.pl.
Lodz University of Technology · PLUniversity of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of the study was to determine the effect of exposure of pigs to the Fusarium mycotoxins zearalenone (ZEN) and deoxynivalenol (DON), administered together and separately, on the colon microbiota. An experiment was conducted for 42 days on gilts, randomly assigned to four groups and administered either ZEN, DON, ZEN+DON, or a placebo. The number of aerobic mesophilic bacteria, yeasts, molds, anaerobic Clostridium perfringens, fecal streptococci, Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia coli, and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were determined in the contents of the ascending colon. The influence of mycotoxins on the functional diversity of the colonic microbiota was assessed using EcoPlate tests (Biolog). Analysis revealed the predominance of LAB in all groups of pigs. Zearalenone, administered separately and together with DON, was found to have an adverse effect on mesophilic aerobic bacteria, but only after long exposure to this mycotoxin. During the six weeks of the experiment, the concentration of C. perfringens, E. coli, and other bacteria in the family Enterobacteriaceae was most considerably reduced in the experimental groups exposed to zearalenone, both separately and together with DON. Mycotoxins also affected the functional biodiversity of microorganisms. Both Shannon's diversity index and the number of catabolized substrates in Biolog plate (the R index) were much higher in the group subjected to mixed mycotoxicosis.

Indexed as

FusariumAnimalsBacteria, AerobicBacterial LoadBiodiversityClostridiumColon, AscendingColony Count, MicrobialEnterococcaceaeEscherichia coliFungiMicrobiotaMycotoxicosisNo-Observed-Adverse-Effect LevelSwineTrichothecenesdeoxynivalenolTrichothecenesZearalenone

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PMID25025709
PMCPMC4113742
OpenAlexW2116915486

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