How to cite this Dataset
Huang, Manxi (2026): Exploring the prebiotic potential of cellobiose using in vitro batch fermentation gut model. University of Reading. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.001505
Description
This dataset contains the raw experimental data. The study investigated the prebiotic potential of commercial cellobiose compared to oligofructose P95 (FOS) using a pH-controlled, batch in vitro human faecal fermentation model (n=3 donors). The data includes Short-Chain Fatty Acid (SCFA) concentrations, and bacterial population enumeration via Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH).
The data supports the findings reported in the manuscript: 'Cellobiose as a candidate prebiotic: Enhanced butyrate production in an in vitro human gut fermentation model' This study is also presented as Chapter 5 of the PhD thesis: 'Extraction of cellobiose from spent coffee grounds and prebiotic potential of commercial cellobiose'.
Outcomes include:
• Bacteriology changes (Bacterial population enumeration via Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH)
• Metabolite changes (Short-Chain Fatty Acids via Gas Chromatography with downstream Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID).
| Resource Type: | Dataset |
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| Creators: | Huang, Manxi |
| Contributors: | Rastall, Robert |
| Rights-holders: | Manxi Huang |
| Data Publisher: | University of Reading |
| Publication Year: | 2026 |
| Data last accessed: | 12 March 2026 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.001505 |
| Metadata Record URL: | https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/1505 |
| Organisational units: | Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences > Food Microbial Sciences Research Group |
| Participating Organisations: | University of Reading |
| Keywords: | cellobiose, batch fermentation model, gut microbiome |
| Rights: | |
| Data Availability: | OPEN |

