Normal Bacterial Populations of the Intestine and Their Relation to Intestinal Function

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Host NutritionSince intestinal function and nutrition are intimately related it seems appropriate to comment on the role of the intestinal flora in the nutrition of the host.71,72, 80 81 82 83 Present-day interest in the subject has developed from observations made with broad-spectrum antibiotics. In 1950 Stokstad and Jukes84 reported that the body weight of chicks was significantly increased by the addition of small quantities of chlortetracycline to the diet. This report has led to a massive literature concerned with antibiotics in nutrition,71,72, 82 and the use of antibiotics in domestic animal feed has become a multimillion-dollar industry. Administration of antibiotics has been shown . . .