A model to study colonic fermentation
Don’t imagine that medical research is a glamorous profession. Dr Christine Edwards spent three years in our department devising a continuous anaerobic culture of human faeces, by which she could study the fermentation of carbohydrate. Her determination earned her a PhD and ultimately a Professorship. Where there’s muck, there’s… a very dedicated scientist!
- Edwards, C.A., Duerden, B.I. and Read, N.W. (1985) Metabolism of mixed human colonic bacteria in a continuous culture mimicking human caecal contents. Gastroenterology 88: 1903-1908.
- Rao, S.S.C., Edwards, C.A., Austen, C.J., Read, N.W., Holdsworth, C.D. (1988) Impaired colonic fermentation of carbohydrate after ampicillin. Gastroenterology 94: 928-932.
