Dr Barbara Williams
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland
Publications
Book Chapters
Black, J. L., Ratanpaul, V., Williams, B. A., Diffey, S. and Gidley, M. J. (2019). Variability in cereal grain composition and nutritional value: the importance of fibre. The value of fibre: engaging the second brain for animal nutrition. (pp. 47-59) edited by G. GonzalezOrtiz, M. R. Bedford, K. E. B. Knudsen, C. M. Courtin and H. L. Classen. Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi: 10.3920/978-90-8686-893-3_2
Black, John L., Williams, B. A. and Gidley, M. J. (2009). Metabolic regulation of feed intake in monogastric mammals. Voluntary Feed Intake in Pigs. (pp. 189-213) Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi: 10.3921/978-90-8686-689-2
Black, J.L., Williams, B. A. and Gidley, M. J. (2009). Metabolic regulation of feed intake in monogastric mammals. Voluntary feed intake in pigs. (pp. 189-214) edited by David Torrallardona and Eugeni Roura. Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.
Journal Articles
Bermudez, Cindy, Yao, Hong, Widaningrum, Williams, Barbara A., Flanagan, Bernadine M., Gidley, Michael J. and Mikkelsen, Deirdre (2024). Biomass attachment and microbiota shifts during porcine faecal in vitro fermentation of almond and macadamia nuts differing in particle sizes. Food and Function, 15 (5), 2406-2421. doi: 10.1039/d3fo03612j
Widaningrum, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Williams, Barbara A., Sonni, Francesca, Mikkelsen, Deirdre and Gidley, Michael J. (2024). In vitro fermentation characteristics of fruit and vegetable juicing wastes using human fecal inoculum are determined by cell wall architecture. Food Hydrocolloids, 146 (Part A) 109205, 109205. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2023.109205
Jacob, Sera Susan, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Williams, Barbara A., Brown, Rayleen, Hickey, Sarah, Gidley, Michael J. and Smyth, Heather E. (2023). Bringing back a forgotten legume—Sensory profiles of Australian native wattleseeds reveal potential for novel food applications. Journal of Food Science, 89 (1), 656-670. doi: 10.1111/1750-3841.16860
Yao, Hong, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Williams, Barbara A., Ismail, Munirah, Ersya, Astrada Dyna, Gidley, Michael J. and Mikkelsen, Deirdre (2023). Enzymatic arabinose depletion of wheat arabinoxylan regulates in vitro fermentation profiles and potential microbial degraders. Food Hydrocolloids, 142 108743, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2023.108743
Yao, Hong, Williams, Barbara A., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Flanagan, Bernadine M. and Gidley, Michael J. (2023). Composition and functional profiles of human faecal microbiota fermenting plant-based food particles are related to water-holding capacity more than particle size. Food Hydrocolloids, 141 108714, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2023.108714
Yao, Hong, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Williams, Barbara A., Mikkelsen, Deirdre and Gidley, Michael J. (2023). Particle size of dietary fibre has diverse effects on in vitro gut fermentation rate and end-products depending on food source. Food Hydrocolloids, 134 108096, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2022.108096
Yao, Hong, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Williams, Barbara A., Mikkelsen, Deirdre and Gidley, Michael J. (2023). Lactate and buyrate proportions, methanogen growth and gas production during in vitro dietary fibre fermentation all depend on fibre concentration. Food Hydrocolloids, 134 108061, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2022.108061
Ang, Main Ern, Cowley, James M., Yap, Kuok, Hahn, Michael G., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Tucker, Matthew R., Williams, Barbara A. and Burton, Rachel A. (2023). Novel constituents of Salvia hispanica L. (chia) nutlet mucilage and the improved in vitro fermentation of nutlets when ground. Food and Function, 14 (3), 1401-1414. doi: 10.1039/d2fo03002k
Yao, Hong, Williams, Barbara A., Flanagan, Bernadine M., Lisle, Allan, Mikkelsen, Deirdre and Gidley, Michael J. (2022). Soluble fibre concentration effects during in vitro fermentation: Higher concentration leads to increased butyrate proportion. Food Hydrocolloids, 130 107728, 107728. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2022.107728
Yao, Hong, Lu, Shiyi, Williams, Barbara A., Flanagan, Bernadine M., Gidley, Michael J. and Mikkelsen, Deirdre (2022). Absolute abundance values reveal microbial shifts and co-occurrence patterns during gut microbiota fermentation of dietary fibres in vitro. Food Hydrocolloids, 127 107422, 107422. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2021.107422
Widaningrum, , Flanagan, Bernadine M., Williams, Barbara A., Sonni, Francesca, Chen, Pengfei, Mikkelsen, Deirdre and Gidley, Michael J. (2022). In vitro fermentation profiles of undigested fractions from legume and nut particles are affected by particle cohesion and entrapped macronutrients. Food and Function, 13 (9), 5075-5088. doi: 10.1039/d2fo00250g
Lwin, D. S., Williams, A., Barber, D. E., Benvenutti, M. A., Williams, B., Poppi, D. P. and Harper, K. J. (2022). Comparison of equations to predict the metabolisable energy content as applied to the vertical strata and plant parts of forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Animal Production Science, 62 (11), 1006-1013. doi: 10.1071/an21510
Lu, Shiyi, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Williams, Barbara A. and Gidley, Michael J. (2022). In vitro fermentation of onion cell walls and model polysaccharides using human faecal inoculum: effects of molecular interactions and cell wall architecture. Food Hydrocolloids, 124 107257, 107257. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2021.107257
Lu, Shiyi, Williams, Barbara A., Flanagan, Bernadine M., Yao, Hong, Mikkelsen, Deirdre and Gidley, Michael J. (2021). Fermentation outcomes of wheat cell wall related polysaccharides are driven by substrate effects as well as initial faecal inoculum. Food Hydrocolloids, 120 106978, 106978. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2021.106978
Low, Dorrain Yanwen, Pluschke, Anton M., Flanagan, Bernadine, Sonni, Francesca, Grant, Lucas J., Williams, Barbara A. and Gidley, Michael J. (2021). Isolated pectin (apple) and fruit pulp (mango) impact gastric emptying, passage rate and short chain fatty acid (SCFA) production differently along the pig gastrointestinal tract. Food Hydrocolloids, 118 106723, 106723. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2021.106723
Ratanpaul, Vishal, Zhang, Dagong, Williams, Barbara A., Diffey, Simon, Black, John L. and Gidley, Michael J. (2021). Interplay between grain digestion and fibre in relation to gastro-small-intestinal passage rate and feed intake in pigs. European Journal of Nutrition, 60 (7), 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s00394-021-02567-3
Bui, Alexander T., Williams, Barbara A., Murtaza, Nida, Lisle, Allan, Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Morrison, Mark and Gidley, Michael J. (2021). Wheat-based food form has a greater effect than amylose content on fermentation outcomes and microbial community shifts in an in vitro fermentation model. Food Hydrocolloids, 114 106560, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2020.106560
Lu, Shiyi, Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Williams, Barbara A. and Gidley, Michael J. (2021). Interaction of cellulose and xyloglucan influences in vitro fermentation outcomes. Carbohydrate Polymers, 258 117698, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.117698
Dhanoa, Mewa S., Lopez, Secundino, Powell, Christopher D., Sanderson, Ruth, Ellis, Jennifer L., Murray, Jo-Anne M. D., Garber, Anna, Williams, Barbara A. and France, James (2021). An Illustrative Analysis of Atypical Gas Production Profiles Obtained from In Vitro Digestibility Studies Using Fecal Inoculum. Animals, 11 (4) 1069, 1069. doi: 10.3390/ani11041069
Bhattarai, Rewati R., Dhital, Sushil, Williams, Barbara A., Yang, Hong Jian, Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Flanagan, Bernadine M. and Gidley, Michael J. (2021). In vitro fermentation of legume cells and components: Effects of cell encapsulation and starch/protein interactions. Food Hydrocolloids, 113 106538. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2020.106538
Gunness, Purnima, Zhai, Honglei, Williams, Barbara A., Zhang, Dagong and Gidley, Michael J. (2021). Pectin and mango pulp both reduce plasma cholesterol in pigs but have different effects on triglycerides and bile acids. Food Hydrocolloids, 112 106369, 106369. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2020.106369
Lu, Shiyi, Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Yao, Hong, Williams, Barbara A., Flanagan, Bernadine M. and Gidley, Michael J. (2021). Wheat cell walls and constituent polysaccharides induce similar microbiota profiles upon in vitro fermentation despite different short chain fatty acid end-product levels. Food and Function, 12 (3), 1135-1146. doi: 10.1039/d0fo02509g
Netzel, Gabriele, Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Netzel, Michael E., Gidley, Michael J. and Williams, Barbara A. (2020). Metabolism of Black Carrot Polyphenols during In Vitro Fermentation is Not Affected by Cellulose or Cell Wall Association. Foods, 9 (12) 1911, 1911. doi: 10.3390/foods9121911
Lu, Shiyi, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Williams, Barbara A., Mikkelsen, Deirdre and Gidley, Michael J. (2020). Cell wall architecture as well as chemical composition determines fermentation of wheat cell walls by a faecal inoculum. Food Hydrocolloids, 107 105858, 105858. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2020.105858
Ratanpaul, Vishal, Zhang, Dagong, Williams, Barbara A., Diffey, Simon, Black, John L. and Gidley, Michael J. (2020). Intrinsic grain starch digestibility affects the concentration of faecal markers of colonic fermentation and bodyweight gain without affecting feed intake in pigs. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 268 114599, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2020.114599
Feng, Guangli, Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Hoedt, Emily C., Williams, Barbara A., Flanagan, Bernadine M., Morrison, Mark and Gidley, Michael J. (2020). In vitro fermentation outcomes of arabinoxylan and galactoxyloglucan depend on fecal inoculum more than substrate chemistry. Food and Function, 11 (9), 7892-7904. doi: 10.1039/d0fo01103g
Low, Dorrain Y., Pluschke, Anton M., Gerrits, Walter J.J., Zhang, Dagong, Shelat, Kinnari J., Gidley, Michael J. and Williams, Barbara A. (2020). Cereal dietary fibres influence retention time of digesta solid and liquid phases along the gastrointestinal tract. Food Hydrocolloids, 104 105739, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2020.105739
Widaningrum, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Williams, Barbara A., Sonni, Francesca, Mikkelsen, Deirdre and Gidley, Michael J. (2020). Fruit and vegetable insoluble dietary fibre in vitro fermentation characteristics depend on cell wall type. Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre, 23 100223, 100223. doi: 10.1016/j.bcdf.2020.100223
Phan, A. D. T., Williams, B. A., Netzel, G., Mikkelsen, D., D'Arcy, B. R. and Gidley, M. J. (2020). Independent fermentation and metabolism of dietary polyphenols associated with a plant cell wall model. Food and Function, 11 (3), 2218-2230. doi: 10.1039/c9fo02987g
Bui, Alexander T., Williams, Barbara A., Hoedt, Emily C., Morrison, Mark, Mikkelsen, Deirdre and Gidley, Michael J. (2020). High amylose wheat starch structures display unique fermentability characteristics, microbial community shifts and enzyme degradation profiles. Food and Function, 11 (6), 5635-5646. doi: 10.1039/d0fo00198h
Grant, Lucas J., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Phan, Anh Dao T., Kang, Seungha, Ouwerkerk, Diane, Klieve, Athol V., Gidley, Mike J. and Williams, Barbara (2020). Purified plant cell walls with adsorbed polyphenols alter porcine faecal bacterial communities during in vitro fermentation. Food and Function, 11 (1), 834-845. doi: 10.1039/c9fo02428j
Ratanpaul, V., Williams, B. A., Black, J. L. and Gidley, M. J. (2019). Review: Effects of fibre, grain starch digestion rate and the ileal brake on voluntary feed intake in pigs. Animal, 13 (11), 2745-2754. doi: 10.1017/s1751731119001459
Grant, Lucas J., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Ouwerkerk, Diane, Klieve, Athol V., Gidley, Michael J. and Williams, Barbara A. (2019). Whole fruit pulp (mango) and a soluble fibre (pectin) impact bacterial diversity and abundance differently within the porcine large intestine. Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre, 19 100192, 100192. doi: 10.1016/j.bcdf.2019.100192
Williams, Barbara A., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Flanagan, Bernadine M. and Gidley, Michael J. (2019). “Dietary fibre”: moving beyond the “soluble/insoluble” classification for monogastric nutrition, with an emphasis on humans and pigs. Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 10 (1) 45, 45. doi: 10.1186/s40104-019-0350-9
Pluschke, Anton M., Feng, Guangli, Williams, Barbara A. and Gidley, Michael J. (2019). Partial replacement of meat by sugar cane fibre: cooking characteristics, sensory properties of beef burgers and in vitro fermentation of sugar cane fibre. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 54 (5), 1760-1768. doi: 10.1111/ijfs.14069
Feng, Guangli, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Williams, Barbara A. and Gidley, Michael J. (2019). Microbial enzymatic degradation of tamarind galactoxyloglucan and wheat arabinoxylan by a porcine faecal inoculum. Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre, 18 100183, 100183. doi: 10.1016/j.bcdf.2019.100183
Ratanpaul, Vishal, Zhang, Dagong, Williams, Barbara A., Diffey, Simon, Black, John L. and Gidley, Michael J. (2019). Wheat bran and oat hulls have dose-dependent effects on ad-libitum feed intake in pigs related to digesta hydration and colonic fermentation. Food & Function, 10 (12), 8298-8308. doi: 10.1039/c8fo02496k
Feng, Guangli, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Williams, Barbara A., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Yu, Wenwen and Gidley, Michael J. (2018). Extracellular depolymerisation triggers fermentation of tamarind xyloglucan and wheat arabinoxylan by a porcine faecal inoculum. Carbohydrate Polymers, 201, 575-582. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.08.089
Ratanpaul, Vishal, Williams, Barbara A., Black, John L. and Gidley, Michael J. (2018). Apparent amylase diffusion rates in milled cereal grains determined in vitro: potential relevance to digestion in the small intestine of pigs. Journal of Cereal Science, 82, 42-48. doi: 10.1016/j.jcs.2018.05.007
Warren, Frederick J., Fukuma, Naoki M., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Williams, Barbara A., Lisle, Allan T., Ó Cuív, Páraic, Morrison, Mark and Gidley, Michael J. (2018). Food starch structure impacts gut microbiome composition. mSphere, 3 (3) e00086-18. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00086-18
Feng, Guangli, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Williams, Barbara A., Yu, Wenwen, Gilbert, Robert G and Gidley, Michael J (2018). Mechanisms of utilisation of arabinoxylans by a porcine faecal inoculum: competition and co-operation. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 4546, 4546. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22818-4
Pluschke, Anton M., Williams, Barbara A., Zhang, Dagong, Anderson, Stephen T., Roura, Eugeni and Gidley, Michael J. (2018). Male grower pigs fed cereal soluble dietary fibres display biphasic glucose response and delayed glycaemic response after an oral glucose tolerance test. PloS One, 13 (3) e0193137, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193137
Pluschke, Anton M., Jochems, Paulus G. M., Williams, Barbara A. and Gidley, Michael J. (2018). Protection of μ-amylase from proteolysis by adsorption to feed components in vitro and in the porcine small intestine. Animal Production Science, 58 (4), 640-645. doi: 10.1071/AN15765
Pluschke, Anton M, Williams, Barbara A, Zhang, Dagong and Gidley, Michael J (2018). Dietary pectin and mango pulp effects on small intestinal enzyme activity levels and macronutrient digestion in grower pigs. Food & function, 9 (2), 991-999. doi: 10.1039/c7fo00602k
Comino, Penny, Williams, Barbara A and Gidley, Michael J (2017). In vitro fermentation gas kinetics and end-products of soluble and insoluble cereal flour dietary fibres are similar. Food & function, 9 (2), 898-905. doi: 10.1039/c7fo01724c
Williams, Barbara A., Grant, Lucas J., Gidley, Michael J. and Mikkelsen, Deirdre (2017). Gut fermentation of dietary fibres: physico-chemistry of plant cell walls and implications for health. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18 (10) 2203, 2203. doi: 10.3390/ijms18102203
Pluschke, Anton M., Simmons, Gregory S., Keates, Helen L., Cameron, Ranald D. A., Zhang, Dagong, Wright, John D. and Williams, Barbara A. (2017). An updated method for the jugular catheterization of grower pigs for repeated blood sampling following an oral glucose tolerance test. Laboratory Animals, 51 (4), 397-404. doi: 10.1177/0023677216682772
Pluschke, A., Williams, B., Anderson, S., Roura, E. and Gidley, M. (2017). Postprandial glucose, insulin and gut peptide responses to soluble dietary fibres arabinoxylan and beta-glucan in grower pigs. Journal of Nutrition and Intermediary Metabolism, 8, 101-102. doi: 10.1016/j.jnim.2017.04.156
Lau, Esther T. L., Johnson, Stuart K., Williams, Barbara, Mikkelsen, Deirdre, McCourt, Elizabeth, Stanley, Roger, Mereddy, Ram, Halley, Peter J. and Steadman, Kathryn (2017). Optimizing prednisolone loading into distiller’s dried grain kafirin microparticles, and in vitro release for oral delivery. Pharmaceutics, 9 (2) 17, 17. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics9020017
Low, Dorrain Y., Hodson, Mark P., Williams, Barbara A., D'Arcy, Bruce R. and Gidley, Michael J. (2016). Microbial biotransformation of polyphenols during in vitro colonic fermentation of masticated mango and banana. Food Chemistry, 207, 214-222. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.03.108
Wu, Peng, Dhital, Sushil, Williams, Barbara A., Chen, Xiao Dong and Gidley, Michael J. (2016). Rheological and microstructural properties of porcine gastric digesta and diets containing pectin or mango powder. Carbohydrate Polymers, 148, 216-226. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.04.037
Al-Rabadi, Ghaid J., Hosking, Brenton J., Torley, Peter J., Williams, Barbara A., Bryden, Wayne L., Nielsen, Sharon G., Black, John L. and Gidley, Michael J. (2016). Regrinding large particles from milled grains improves growth performance of pigs. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 233, 53-63. doi: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2016.08.004
Pluschke, A. M., Gilbert, M. S., Williams, B. A., van den Borne, J. J. G. C., Schols, H. A. and Gerrits, W. J. J. (2016). The effect of replacing lactose by starch on protein and fat digestion in milk-fed veal calves. Animal, 10 (8), 1296-1302. doi: 10.1017/S1751731116000252
Williams, Barbara A., Zhang, Dagong, Lisle, Allan T., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, McSweeney C. S., Kang, Seungha, Bryden, Wayne L. and Gidley, Michael J. (2016). Soluble arabinoxylan enhances large intestinal microbial health biomarkers in pigs fed a red meat-containing diet. Nutrition, 32 (4), 491-497. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2015.10.008
Gunness, Purnima, Williams, Barbara A., Gerrits, Walter J. J., Bird, Anthony R., Kravchuk, Olena and Gidley, Michael J. (2016). Circulating triglycerides and bile acids are reduced by a soluble wheat arabinoxylan via modulation of bile concentration and lipid digestion rates in a pig model. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, 60 (3), 642-651. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201500686
Gorham, John B., Williams, Barbara A., Gidley, Michael J. and Mikkelsen, Deirdre (2016). Visualization of microbe-dietary remnant interactions in digesta from pigs, by fluorescence in situ hybridization and staining methods; effects of a dietary arabinoxylan-rich wheat fraction. Food Hydrocolloids, 52, 952-962. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2015.09.011
Gorham, John B., Kang, Seungha, Williams, Barbara A., Grant, Lucas J., McSweeney, Christopher S., Gidley, Michael J. and Mikkelsen, Deirdre (2016). Addition of arabinoxylan and mixed linkage glucans in porcine diets affects the large intestinal bacterial populations. European Journal of Nutrition, 56 (6), 1-14. doi: 10.1007/s00394-016-1263-4
Zhang, Dagong, Williams, Barbara A., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Li, Xiuhua, Keates, Helen L., Lisle, Allan T., Collins, Helen M., Fincher, Geoffrey B., Bird, Anthony R., Topping, David L., Gidley, Michael J. and Bryden, Wayne L. (2015). Soluble arabinoxylan alters digesta flow and protein digestion of red meat-containing diets in pigs. Nutrition, 31 (9), 1141-1147. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2015.03.006
Low, Dorrain Y., Williams, Barbara A., D'Arcy, Bruce R., Flanagan, Bernadine M. and Gidley, Michael J. (2015). In vitro fermentation of chewed mango and banana: particle size, starch and vascular fibre effects. Food and Function, 6 (8), 2464-2474. doi: 10.1039/c5fo00363f
Wang, Dongjie, Ho, Lap, Faith, Jeremiah, Ono, Kenjiro, Janle, Elsa M., Lachcik, Pamela J., Cooper, Bruce R., Jannasch, Amber H., D'Arcy, Bruce R., Williams, Barbara A., Ferruzzi, Mario G., Levine, Samara, Zhao, Wei, Dubner, Lauren and Pasinetti, Giulio M. (2015). Role of intestinal microbiota in the generation of polyphenol-derived phenolic acid mediated attenuation of Alzheimer's disease β-amyloid oligomerization. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, 59 (6), 1025-1040. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201400544
Shelat, Kinnari J., Nicholson, Timothy, Flanagan, Barnadine M., Zhang, Dagong, Williams, Barbara A. and Gidley, Michael J. (2014). Rheology and microstructure characterisation of small intestinal digesta from pigs fed a red meat-containing Western-style diet. Food Hydrocolloids, 44, 300-308. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2014.09.036
Wang, Donjie, Williams, Barbara A., Ferruzzi, Mario G. and D'Arcy, Bruce R. (2013). Microbial metabolites, but not other phenolics derived from grape seed phenolic extract, are transported through differentiated Caco-2 cell monolayers. Food Chemistry, 138 (2-3), 1564-1573. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.09.103
Al-Rabadi, G. J., Torley, P. J., Williams, B. A., Bryden, W. L. and Gidley, M. J. (2012). Particle size heterogeneity in milled barley and sorghum grains: Effects on physico-chemical properties and starch digestibility. Journal of Cereal Science, 56 (2), 396-403. doi: 10.1016/j.jcs.2012.04.009
Wang, Donjie, Williams, Barbara A., Ferruzzi, Mario G. and D'Arcy, Bruce R. (2012). Different concentrations of grape seed extract affect in vitro starch fermentation by porcine small and large intestinal inocula. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 93 (2), 276-283. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.5753
Belobrajdic, Damien P., Bird, Anthony R., Conlon, Michael A., Williams, Barbara A., Kang, Seungha, McSweeney, Christopher S., Zhang, Dagong, Bryden, Wayne L., Gidley, Michael J. and Topping, David L. (2012). An arabinoxylan-rich fraction from wheat enhances caecal fermentation and protects colonocyte DNA against diet-induced damage in pigs. British Journal of Nutrition, 107 (9), 1274-1282. doi: 10.1017/S0007114511004338
Day, Li, Gomez, Justine, Oiseth, Sofia K., Gidley, Michael J. and Williams, Barbara A. (2012). Faster fermentation of cooked carrot cell clusters compared to cell wall fragments in vitro by porcine feces. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60 (12), 3282-3290. doi: 10.1021/jf204974s
AL-Rabadi, Ghaid J., Torley, Peter J., Williams, Barbara A., Bryden, Wayne L. and Gidley, Michael J. (2011). Effect of extrusion temperature and pre-extrusion particle size on starch digestion kinetics in barley and sorghum grain extrudates. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 168 (3-4), 267-279. doi: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.097
Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Gidley, Michael J. and Williams, Barbara A. (2011). In vitro fermentation of bacterial cellulose composites as model dietary fibers. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 59 (8), 4025-4032. doi: 10.1021/jf104855e
AL-Rabadi, GJ, Torley, PJ, Williams, BA, Bryden, WL and Gidley, MJ (2011). Particle size of milled barley and sorghum and physico-chemical properties of grain following extrusion. Journal of Food Engineering, 104 (3), 464-472. doi: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2010.11.016
Williams, Barbara A., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Le Paih, Laure and Gidley, Michael J. (2011). In vitro fermentation kinetics and end-products of cereal arabinoxylans and (1,3;1,4)-beta-glucans by porcine feces. Journal of Cereal Science, 53 (1), 53-58. doi: 10.1016/j.jcs.2010.09.003
Bauer, Eva, Williams, Barbara A., Voigt, Christina, Mosenthin, Rainer and Verstegan, Martin W. A. (2010). In vitro fermentation of various carbohydrate-rich feed ingredients combined with chyme from pigs. Archives of Animal Nutrition, 64 (5), 394-411. doi: 10.1080/1745039X.2010.504607
Black, J. L., Williams, B. A. and Gidley, M. J. (2009). Metabolic regulation of feed intake in monogastric mammals. Voluntary Feed Intake in Pigs, 189-213.
Azarfar, Arash, Williams, Barbara A ., Boer, Huug and Tamminga, Seerp (2007). In vitro gas production profile and the formation of end products from non- washable, insoluble washable and soluble washable fractions in some concentrate ingredients. Journal of the science of food and agriculture, 87 (7), 1345-1355. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.2856
Pié, S., Awati, A., Vida, S., Falluel, I., Williams, B. A. and Oswald, I. P. (2007). Effects of added fermentable carbohydrates in the diet on intestinal proinflammatory cytokine-specific mRNA content in weaning piglets. Journal of animal science, 85 (3), 673-683. doi: 10.2527/jas.2006-535
Lan, Y., Williams, B. A., Verstegena, M. W. A., Patterson, R. and Tamminga, S. (2007). Soy oligosaccharides in vitro fermentation characteristics and its effect on caecal microorganisms of young broiler chickens. Animal feed science and technology, 133 (3-4), 286-297. doi: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.04.011
Bauer, E., Williams, B. A., Verstegen, M. W.A. and Mosenthin, R. (2006). Chapter 2 Fermentable carbohydrates: potential dietary modulators of intestinal physiology, microbiology and immunity in pigs. Biology of Growing Animals, 4 (C), 33-63. doi: 10.1016/S1877-1823(09)70089-X
Bauer, Eva, Williams, Barbara A., Smidt, Hauke, Verstegen, Martin W.A. and Mosenthin, Rainer (2006). Influence of the gastrointestinal microbiota on development of the immune system in young animals. Current Issues in Intestinal Microbiology, 7 (2), 35-52.
Konstantinov, Sergey R., Awati, Ajay A., Williams, Barbara A., Miller, Bevis G., Jones, Philip, Stokes, Christopher R., Akkermans, Antoon D. L., Smidt, Hauke and de Vos, Willem M. (2006). Post-natal development of the porcine microbiota composition and activities. Environmental Microbiology, 8 (7), 1191-1199. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01009.x
Bauer, Eva, Williams, Barbara A., Smidt, Hauke, Mosenthin, Rainer and Verstegen, Martin W. A . (2006). Influence of dietary components on development of the microbiota in single-stomached species. Nutrition research reviews, 19 (1), 63-78. doi: 10.1079/NRR2006123
Awati, A., Williams, B. A., Bosch, M. W., Li, Y. C. and Verstegen, M. W. A. (2006). Use of the in vitro cumulative gas production technique for pigs: An examination of alterations in fermentation products and substrate losses at various time points. Journal of animal science, 84 (5), 1110-1118.
Awati, Ajay, Bosch, Marlou W., Tagliapietra, Franco, Williams, Barbara A. and Verstegen, Martin W. A. (2006). Difference in in vitro fermentability of four carbohydrates and two diets, using ileal and faecal inocula from unweaned piglets. Journal of the science of food and agriculture, 86 (4), 573-582. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.2387
Awati, A., Williams, B. A., Bosch, M. W., Gerrits, W. J. J. and Verstegen, M. W. A. (2006). Effect of inclusion of fermentable carbohydrates in the diet on fermentation end-product profile in feces of weanling piglets. Journal of Animal Science, 84 (8), 2133-2140. doi: 10.2527/jas.2004-676
Awati, A., Williams, B. A., Bosch, M. W. and Verstegen, M. W. A. (2006). Dietary carbohydrates with different rates of fermentation affect fermentation end-product profiles in different sites of gastro-intestinal tract of weaning piglet. Animal Science, 82 (6), 837-843. doi: 10.1017/ASC2006103
Rymer, C., Huntington, J. A., Williams, B. A. and Givens, D. I. (2005). In vitro cumulative gas production techniques: History, methodological considerations and challenges. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 123-124 (Part 1), 9-30. doi: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2005.04.055
Rymer, C., Williams, B. A., Brooks, A. E., Davies, D. R. and Givens, D. I. (2005). Inter-laboratory variation of in vitro cumulative gas production profiles of feeds using manual and automated methods. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 123-124 (part1), 225-241. doi: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2005.04.029
Williams, Barbara A., Bosch, Marlou W., Boer, Huug, Verstegen, Martin W. A. and Tamminga, Seerp (2005). An in vitro batch culture method to assess potential fermentability of feed ingredients for monogastric diets. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 123-124 (Part 1), 445-462. doi: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2005.04.031
Yang, H. J., Tamminga, S., Williams, B. A., Dijkstra, J. and Boer, H. (2005). In vitro gas and volatile fatty acids production profiles of barley and maize and their soluble and washout fractions after feed processing. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 120 (1-2), 125-140. doi: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2005.01.007
Guo, F. C., Kwakkel, R. P., Williams, B. A., Suo, X., Li, W. K. and Verstegen, M. W A. (2005). Coccidiosis Immunization: Effects of Mushroom and Herb Polysaccharides on Immune Responses of Chickens Infected with Eimeria tenella. Avian diseases, 49 (1), 70-73. doi: 10.1637/7227-062504R1
Lan, Y., Verstegen, M. W. A., Tamminga, S. and Williams, B. A. (2005). The role of the commensal gut microbial community in broiler chickens. World's Poultry Science Journal, 61 (1), 95-104. doi: 10.1079/WPS200445
Lan, Yu, Williams, Barbara A., Tamminga, Seerp, Boer, Huug, Akkermans, Antoon, Erdi, Ga and Verstegen, Martin W. A. (2005). In vitro fermentation kinetics of some non-digestible carbohydrates by the caecal microbial community of broilers. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 123-124 (2), 687-702. doi: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2005.04.027
Williams, Barbara A., Bosch, Marlou W., Awati, Ajay, Konstantinov, Sergey R., Smidt, Hauke, Akkermans, Antoon D. L., Verstegen, Martin W. A. and Tamminga, Seerp (2005). In vitro assessment of gastrointestinal tract (GIT) fermentation in pigs: Fermentable substrates and microbial activity. Animal Research, 54 (3), 191-201. doi: 10.1051/animres:2005011
Awati, Ajay, Konstantinov, Sergey R., Williams, Barbara A., Akkermans, Antoon D. L., Bosch, Marlou W., Smidt, Hauke and Verstegen, Martin W. A. (2005). Effect of substrate adaptation on the microbial fermentation and microbial composition of faecal microbiota of weaning piglets studied in vitro. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 85 (10), 1765-1772. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.2178
Bauer, Eva, Williams, Barbara A., Bosch, Marlou W., Voigt, Christina, Mosenthin, Rainer and Verstegen, Martin W. A . (2004). Differences in microbial activity of digesta from three sections of the porcine large intestine according to in vitro fermentation of carbohydrate-rich substrates. Journal of the science of food and agriculture, 84 (15), 2097-2104. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.1845
Lan, Y., Xun, S., Tamminga, S., Williams, B. A., Verstegen, M. W. and Erdi, G. (2004). Real-time PCR detection of lactic acid bacteria in cecal contents of eimeria tenella-lnfected broilers fed soybean oligosaccharides and soluble soybean polysaccharides. Poultry science, 83 (10), 1696-1702. doi: 10.1093/ps/83.10.1696
Konstantinov, Sergey R., Awati, Ajay, Smidt, Hauke, Williams, Barbara A., Akkermans, Antoon D. L. and de Vos, Willem M. (2004). Specific Response of a Novel and Abundant Lactobacillus amylovorus-Like Phylotype to Dietary Prebiotics in the Guts of Weaning Piglets. Applied and environmental microbiology, 70 (7), 3821-3830. doi: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.3821-3830.2004
Guo, F. C., Kwakkel, R. P., Williams, B. A., Parmentier, H. K., Li, W. K., Yang, Z. Q. and Verstegen, M. W. (2004). Effects of mushroom and herb polysaccharides on cellular and humoral immune responses of Eimeria tenella-infected chickens. Poultry science, 83 (7), 1124-1132. doi: 10.1093/ps/83.7.1124
Calabrò, Serena, Williams, Barbara A, Piccolo, Vincenzo, Infascelli, Federico and Tamminga, Seerp (2004). A comparison between buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and cow (Bos taurus) rumen fluids in terms of the in vitro fermentation characteristics of three fibrous feedstuffs. Journal of the science of food and agriculture, 84 (7), 645-652. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.1723
Guo, F. C., Williams, B. A., Kwakkel, R. P., Li, H. S., Li, X. P., Luo, J. Y., Li, W. K. and Verstegen, M. W. (2004). Effects of mushroom and herb polysaccharides, as alternatives for an antibiotic, on the cecal microbial ecosystem in broiler chickens. Poultry science, 83 (2), 175-182. doi: 10.1093/ps/83.2.175
Guo, F. C., Kwakke, R. P., Soede, J., Williams, B. A. and Verstegen, M. W. A. (2004). Effect of a Chinese herb medicine formulation, as an alternative for antibiotics, on performance of broilers. British poultry science, 45 (6), 793-797. doi: 10.1080/00071660400012741
Guo, F. C., Kwakkel, R. P., Williams, B. A., Li, W. K., Li, H. S., Luo, J. Y., Li, X. P., Wei, Y. X., Yan, Z. T. and Verstegen, M. W. A. (2004). Effects of mushroom and herb polysaccharides, as alternatives for an antibiotic, on growth performance of broilers. British poultry science, 45 (5), 684-694. doi: 10.1080/00071660400006214
Konstantinov, Sergey R., Favier, Christine F., Zhu, Wei Yun, Williams, Barbara A., Klüß, Jeannette, Souffrant, Wolfgang-Bernhard, de Vos, Willem M., Akkermans, Antoon D.L. and Smidt, Hauke (2004). Microbial diversity studies of the porcine gastrointestinal ecosystem during weaning transition. Animal Research, 53 (4), 317-324. doi: 10.1051/animres:2004019
Guo, F. C., Savelkoul, H. F. J., Kwakkel, R. P., Williams, B. A. and Verstegena, M. W. A. (2003). Immunoactive, medicinal properties of mushroom and herb polysaccharides and their potential use in chicken diets. World's poultry science journal, 59 (4), 427-440. doi: 10.1079/WPS20030026
Guo, F. C., Williams, B. A., Kwakkel, R. P. and Verstegen M. W. (2003). In vitro fermentation characteristics of two mushroom species, an herb, and their polysaccharide fractions, using chicken cecal contents as inoculum. Poultry science, 82 (10), 1608-1615. doi: 10.1093/ps/82.10.1608
Zhu, Wei-Yun, Williams, Barbara A., Konstantinov, Sergey R., Tamminga, Seerp, De Vos, Willem M. and Akkermans, Antoon D. L. (2003). Analysis of 16S rDNA reveals bacterial shift during in vitro fermentation of fermentable carbohydrate using piglet faeces as inoculum. Anaerobe, 9 (4), 175-180. doi: 10.1016/S1075-9964(03)00083-0
Konstantinov, Sergey R., Zhu, Wei-Yun, Williams, Barbara A., Tamminga, Seerp, de Vos, Willem M. and Akkermans, Antoon D. L. (2003). Effect of fermentable carbohydrates on piglet faecal bacterial communities as revealed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of 16S ribosomal DNA. FEMS microbiology ecology, 43 (2), 225-235. doi: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00430-0
Bauer, Eva, Williams, Barbara A., Voigt, Christina, Mosenthin, Rainer and Verstegen, Martin W. A. (2003). Impact of mammalian enzyme pretreatment on the fermentability of carbohydrate-rich feedstuffs. Journal of The Science of Food And Agriculture, 83 (3), 207-214. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.1293
Tagliapietra, F., Williams, B. A., Awati, A., Bonsembiante, M., Schiavon, S. and Verstegen, M. W. A. (2003). In vitro degradation kinetics of four carbohydrates using ileal and faecal inocula from suckling piglets. Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2, 195-197. doi: 10.4081/ijas.2003.s1.195
van Laar, Harmen, Tamminga, Seerp, Williams, Barbara, Martin W. A. Verstegen and Schols, H. A. (2002). Fermentation characteristics of polysaccharide fractions extracted from the cell walls of maize endosperm. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 82 (12), 1369-1375. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.1198
Verstegen, Martin W. A. and Williams, Barbara A. (2002). Alternatives to the use of antibiotics as growth promoters for monogastric animals. Animal biotechnology, 13 (1), 113-127. doi: 10.1081/ABIO-120005774
Bauer, E., Williams, B. A., Voigt, C., Mosenthin, R. and Verstegen, M. W.A. (2001). Microbial activities of faeces from unweaned and adult pigs, in relation to selected fermentable carbohydrates. Animal Science, 73 (2), 313-322. doi: 10.1017/S135772980005829X
Williams, B. A., Verstegen, M. W.A. and Tamminga, S. (2001). Fermentation in the large intestine of single-stomached animals and its relationship to animal health. Nutrition Research Reviews, 14 (2), 207-227. doi: 10.1079/095442201108729213
Van Laar, Harmen, Tamminga, Seerp, Williams, Barbara A. and Verstegen, Martin W.A. (2000). Fermentation of the endosperm cell walls of monocotyledon and dicotyledon plant species by faecal microbes from pigs the relationship between cell wall characteristics and fermentability. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 88 (1-2), 13-30. doi: 10.1016/S0377-8401(00)00210-8
Williams, Barbara A., Oostdam, Arno J., Groot, Jeroen C.J., Boer, Huug and Tamminga, Seerp (2000). Effects of ageing on the in vitro fermentation of cell walls and cell contents of entire, fractionated and composite leaves of Italian ryegrass. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 80 (4), 484-490. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(200003)80:4<484::AID-JSFA554>3.0.CO;2-Y
Dhanoa, M. S., Lopez, S., Dijkstra, J., Davies, D. R., Sanderson, R., Williams, B. A., Sileshi, Z. and France, J. (2000). Estimating the extent of degradation of ruminant feeds from a description of their gas production profiles observed in vitro: Comparison of models. British Journal of Nutrition, 83 (2), 131-142. doi: 10.1017/S0007114500000179
Van Laar, Harmen, Tamminga, Seerp, Williams, Barbara A., Verstegen, Martin W.A. and Schols, Henk A. (2000). Fermentation characteristics of polysaccharide fractions extracted from the cell walls of soya bean cotyledons. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 80 (10), 1477-1485. doi: 10.1002/1097-0010(200008)80:10<1477::AID-JSFA662>3.0.CO;2-J
Van Laar, Harmen, Tamminga, Seerp, Williams, Barbara A., Verstegen, Martin W.A. and Engels, Ferdinand M. (1999). Fermentation characteristics of cell-wall sugars from soya bean meal, and from separated endosperm and hulls of soya beans. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 79 (3), 179-193. doi: 10.1016/S0377-8401(99)00024-3
Chilibroste, P., Williams, B. A., Tamminga, S. and Calabró, S. (1999). The use of cumulative gas production technique to characterize changes in the fermentation characteristics of rumen contents following variable periods of starvation and grazing in dairy cows. Animal Science, 69 (3), 647-655. doi: 10.1017/s135772980005150x
Groot, Jeroen C. J., Williams, Barbara A., Oostdam, Arno J., Boer, Huug and Tamminga, Seerp (1998). The use of cumulative gas and volatile fatty acid production to predict in vitro fermentation kinetics of Italian ryegrass leaf cell walls and contents at various time intervals. British Journal of Nutrition, 79 (6), 519-525. doi: 10.1079/BJN19980090
Williams, B. A., Van Osch, L. J.M. and Kwakkel, R. P. (1997). Fermentation characteristics of the caecal contents of broiler chickens fed fine and coarse particle diets. British Poultry Science, 38 (SUPPL.).
Williams, Barbara A., Van Der Poel, Antonius F. B., Boer, Huug and Tamminga, Seerp (1997). The effect of extrusion conditions on the fermentability of wheat straw and corn silage. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 74 (1), 117-124. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199705)74:1<117::AID-JSFA777>3.0.CO;2-F
Kaitho, RJ, Nsahlai, , Williams, BA, Umunna, NN, Tamminga, S and Van Bruchem, J (1997). Relationships between preference, rumen degradability, gas production and chemical composition of browses. Agroforestry Systems, 39 (2), 129-144. doi: 10.1023/A:1005913119236
Groot, Jeroen C.J., Cone, John W., Williams, Barbara A., Debersaques, Filip M.A. and Lantinga, Egbert A. (1996). Multiphasic analysis of gas production kinetics for in vitro fermentation of ruminant feeds. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 64 (1), 77-89. doi: 10.1016/S0377-8401(96)01012-7
Williams, Barbara A., Chuzaemi, Siti, Soebarinoto, , Van Bruchem, Jaap, Boer, Huug and Tamminga, Seerp (1996). A comparison of ten rice-straw varieties grown at two different altitudes during a wet and a dry season, using the in vitro cumulative gas production technique. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 57 (3), 183-194. doi: 10.1016/0377-8401(95)00858-6
Williams, Barbara A, Van Der Poel, A. F.B., Boer, Huug and Tamminga, Seerp (1995). The use of cumulative gas production to determine the effect of steam explosion on the fermentability of two substrates with different cell wall quality. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 69 (1), 33-39. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.2740690107
Theodorou, Michael K., Williams, Barbara A., Dhanoa, Mewa S., McAllan, Alex B. and France, James (1994). A simple gas production method using a pressure transducer to determine the fermentation kinetics of ruminant feeds. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 48 (3-4), 185-197. doi: 10.1016/0377-8401(94)90171-6
Conference Papers
Jacob, Sera Susan, Flanagan, Bernadine, Williams, Barbara, Hickey, Sarah, Gidley, Mike and Smyth, Heather (2022). Aroma as a tool to utilize the diversity of Australian wattleseeds. AIFST Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 22-24 August 2022.
Jacob, Sera Susan, Smyth, Heather E., Flanagan, Bernadine M., Williams, Barbara A. and Gidley, Michael J. (2022). The Wattleseed Effect : Exploring Australia’s native legumes for novel food applications. 72nd Australasian Grain Science Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 24-26 August 2022.
Jacob, Sera Susan, Smyth, Heather E., Flanagan, Bernadine M., Williams, Barbara A. and Gidley, Michael J. (2022). Inside out and upside down : Looking closer at Australian native wattleseeds for food applications. TropAg, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 31 October-2 November 2022.
Jacob, Sera Susan , Smyth, Heather E. , Flanagan, Bernadine M. , Williams, Barbara A. and Gidley, Michael J. (2021). Exploring the diversity in wattleseeds for food applications. Australasian Seed Science Conference , Virtual, 6-8 September 2021.
Jacob, Sera Susan, Smyth, Heather E., Flanagan, Bernadine M., Williams, Barbara A. and Gidley, Michael J. (2021). Understanding and utilizing variability within wattleseed species for better food applications. 6th Food Structure, Digestion and Health Conference , Virtual, 16-19 November 2021.
Gunness, P., Zhai, H., Williams, B., Lisle, A. and Gidley, M. J. (2017). Effects of pectin and mango pulp on triglycerides, cholesterol and bile acids in pigs as a model for humans. 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 26-29 November 2017.
Ratanpaul, V., Zhang, D., Diffey, S., Black, J. L., Gidley, M. J. and Williams, B. A. (2017). Effects of different amounts of wheat bran and oat hulls on production of short chain fatty acids in the hindgut of pigs. 16th Biennial Conference of APSA, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 19-22 November 2017. Clayton, VIC Australia: CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/anv57n12ab026
Ratanpaul, V., Zhang, D., Williams, B. A., Diffey, S., Black, J. L. and Gidley, M. J. (2017). Effects of different amounts of wheat bran and oat hulls in a starch-based diet on voluntary feed intake in grower pigs. 16th Biennial Conference of APSA, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 19-22 November 2017. Clayton, VIC Australia: CSIRO. doi: 10.1071/anv57n12ab025
Rzepus, Marcin, Roura, Eugeni, de Jager, Nadia, Gidley, Michael J., Williams, Barbara A. and Preston, Maxine (2015). Iso-energetic diets containing beta-glucan or arabinoxylan show different expression of Tas1R3 and similar expression of fatty acid sensing genes in the porcine gastrointestinal tract. 24th Annual Meeting of the European Chemoreception Research Organization (ECRO), Dijon, France, 10-13 September 2014. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/chemse/bju073
Low, Dorrain, Williams, Barbara, Netzel, Gabi, Netzel, Michael, D'Arcy, Bruce and Gidley, Michael (2014). Polyphenol fermentation and metabolism in vitro. ICP2014: XXVIIth International Conference on Polyphenols & The 8th Tannin Conference, Nagoya, Japan, 2-6 September, 2014. Bordeaux, France: Groupe Polyphénols.
Grant, Lucas, Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Godwin, Scott, Gulino, Lisa-Maree, Ouwerkerk, Diane, Klieve, Athol, Gidley, Michael and Williams, Barbara (2014). The Effect of Fruit Phytonutrients on Microbial Community Profiles of the Porcine Large Intestine. Rowett-INRA 2014 Gut Microbiology: from sequence to function, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, 16-19 June 2014.
Grant, Lucas, Gulino, Lisa-Maree, Godwin, Scott, Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Gidley, Michael J. and Williams, Barbara A. (2014). The effect of dietary fibre on the microbial community profile of the porcine gastrointestinal tract. ASM Meeting 2014: Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting 2014, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 6-9 July, 2014. Fitzroy, VIC, Australia: Australian Society for Microbiology.
Netzel, G., Mikkelsen, D., Flanagan, B., Netzel, M., Gidley, M. J. and Williams, B. (2014). Modulation of in vitro fermentation by polyphenol-rich black carrot fractions. 29th International Horticultural Congress, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17-22 September 2014.
Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Williams, Barbara A., Godwin, Scott, Gulino, Lisa-Maree, Ouwerkerk, Diane, Ismail, Munirah, Klieve, Athol and Gidley, Michael (2014). Effects of arabinoxylan dietary fibre fine structure on gut microbiota dynamics. ASM Meeting 2014: Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting 2014, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 6-9 July, 2014. Fitzroy, VIC, Australia: Australian Society for Microbiology.
Grant, Lucas, Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Gulino, Lisa-Maree, Godwin, Scott, Ouwerkerk, Diane, Klieve, Athol, Gidley, Michael and Williams, Barbara (2014). The Effect of Dietary Pectin on Microbial Community Profiles of the Porcine Large Intestine. Rowett-INRA 2014 Gut Microbiology: from sequence to function, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, 16-19 June 2014.
Gorham, John, Williams, Barbara, Gidley, Michael and Mikkelsen, Deirdre (2014). Microbial Population Shifts in Response to Dietary Arabinoxylan and Protein Changes. Rowett-INRA 2014 Gut Microbiology: from sequence to function, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, 16-19 June 2014.
Gorham, John, Gidley, Michael, Williams, Barbara and Mikkelsen, Deirdre (2014). Development of enzymatic and histological methods complementing fluorescence in situ hybridisation to visualise and localise porcine gastrointestinal microbiota-dietary substrate associations. 9th Joint Rowett-INRA Symposium. Gut Microbiology: from Sequence to Function, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, 16-19 June, 2014.
Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Netzel, Gabriele, Chan, Chui Ying, Gidley, Michael and Williams, Barbara (2014). Bacterial Cellulose as a Model System to Study In Vitro Fermentability of Black Carrot Phytonutrients. Rowett-INRA 2014 Gut Microbiology: from sequence to function, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, 16-19 June 2014.
Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Williams, Barbara, Ismail, Munirah, Godwin, Scott, Gulino, Lisa-Maree, Ouwerkerk, Diane, Klieve, Athol and Gidley, Michael (2014). Fermentability of Arabinose Depleted Arabinoxylan. Rowett-INRA 2014 Gut Microbiology: from sequence to function, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, 16-19 June 2014.
Belward, J. A., Hanan, J. S., Williams, B. A., Gerrits, W. J J and Gidley, M. J. (2013). On the use of marker data to determine the kinetics of the digestive behaviour of feeds. 16th biennial Computational Techniques and Applications Conference (CTAC2012), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 23 - 26 September, 2012. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.21914/anziamj.v54i0.6400
Gunness, P., Williams, B. A., Gerrits, W. J. J., Bird, A. R., Kravchuk, O. and Gidley, M. J. (2013). Mechanisms behind effects of cereal soluble dietary fibres on blood lipids. The joint ASM of The Nutrition Society of Australia and the Nutrition Society of New Zealand, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 4-6 December 2013.
Netzel, G., Mikkelsen, D., Flanagan, B., Netzel, M., Gidley, M. J. and Williams, B. A. (2013). Black carrot polyphenols and their effect on plant cell wall fermentability. NSA NSNZ 2013 Joint Annual Scientific Meeting: 37th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia in conjunction with the Nutrition Society of New Zealand, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 4-6 December, 2013. Perth, WA, Australia: Australasian Medical Journa.
Shelat, Kinnari, Gorham, Barbara, Nicholson, Timothy, Gidley, Michael J. and Williams, Barbara (2012). Dynamic in vitro digestion technique to model small intestinal digestion of food matrices containing soluble dietary fibre. Food Structures, Digestion and Health Conference 2012, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 7-9 March 2012.
Mikkelsen, D., Netzel, G. A., Williams, B. A. and Gidley, M. J. (2012). In vitro fermentability of purple carrot phytonutrients and effects on large intestinal microflora. 8th INRA-Rowett Symposium on Gut Microbiology, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 17 - 22 June 2012.
Pluschke, A. M., Gidley, M. J. and Williams, B. A. (2012). Reduced small intestinal a-amylase activity in the presence of soluble fibre arabinoxylan. 12th International Symposium on Digestive Physiology in Pigs, Keystone, CO, United States, 29 May - 1 June 2012.
Day, Li, Netzel, Michael, Williams, Barbara A. and Gidley, Michael J. (2012). Structure and digestion in plant cell wall materials: does size matter?. 6th international Symposium on Food Rheology and Structure (ISFRS 2012), Zurich, Switzerland, 10-13 April 2012. Zurich, Switzerland: Laboratory of Food Process Engineering.
Williams, B. A., Walsh, C., Liao, M. L., Pettolino, F., Mikkelsen, D., Gidley, M. J. and Bacic, A. (2012). Investigating the relationship between grain fibre fraction molecular structures and in vitro fermentability. 8th INRA-Rowett Symposium on Gut Microbiology, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 17-20 June 2012.
Mikkelsen, D., Netzel, G. A., Williams, B. A. and Gidley, M. J. (2012). Bacterial cellulose (BC): a model system to study in vitro fermentability of plant cell wall analogues. 8th INRA-Rowett Symposium on Gut Microbiology, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 17 - 20 June 2012.
Hanan, Jim, Belward, John, Williams, Barbara A., Shelat, Kinnari and Gidley, Michael J. (2012). Linking in vitro and in vivo models of digestion: a computational modelling approach. Food Structures, Digestion and Health Conference 2012, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 7-9 March 2012.
Gunness, P., Williams, B. A., Gerrits, W. J. J., Bird, A., Kravchuk, O. and Gidley, M. J. (2012). Wheat arabinoxylan reduces circulating bile salts and triglycerides in normocholesterolemic pigs. The 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia “Back to Basics: Building the Science of Nutrition, Wollongong, NSW Australia, 27-30 November 2012.
Williams, B. A., Shelat, K., Hanan, J., Dhital, S. and Gidley, M. J. (2011). An in vitro technique to model digestive behavior of feeds containing soluble fibers. 12th International Symposium on Digestive Physiology in Pigs, Keystone, CO, United States, 29 May - 1 June 2012.
Black, J. L., Williams, B. A., Roura, E. and Gidley, M. (2011). Physiological and metabolic regulation of feed intake. Australasian Pig Science Association Conference (APSA 2011), Adelaide, Australia, 27-30 November 2011. Werribee, Victoria: Australasian Pig Science Association.
Shelat, Kinnari, Nicholson, Timothy, Williams, Barbara, Gilbert, Robert and Gidley, Michael J. (2011). Viscoelastic characteristics of pig digesta are influenced by wheat arabinoxylan. American Association of Cereal Chemists International Annual Meeting (AACC), Palm Springs, CA, United States, 12-19 October 2011. American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC).
Wang, D. J., Turner, M. S., D'Arcy, B. R., Williams, B. A. and Ferruzi, M. G. (2010). Changes in pig ileal bacterial numbers upon exposure to grape seed extract. Nutrition Society of Australia 34th Annual Scientific Meeting (NSA2010), Perth, Australia, 30 November - 3 December 2010. Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA).
Wang, Dongjie, D'Arcy, Bruce, Willilams, Barbara and Ferruzi, Mario (2010). Is in vitro fermentation of starch by porcine ileal and fecal microflora altered by the presence of grapeseed extract?. 2010 Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo, Chicago, IL, United States, 17-20 July 2010.
Al-Rabadi, G. J., Williams, B. A., Torey, P., Bryden, W. L. and Gidley, M. J. (2009). Effect of particle size on viscosity and pasting properties of milled sorghum. Twelfth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Cairns, Australia, 22 - 25 November 2009. Werribee Victoria Australia: Australasian Pig Science Association (Inc). Department of Primary Industries.
Al-Rabadi, G.J., Williams, B. A., Torley, P., Bryden, W. L., Nielsen, S. and Gidley, M. J. (2009). Effect of particle size on in vitro starch digestion of barley and sorghum by porcine a-Amylase. Twelfth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Cairns, Australia, 22-25 November 2009. Werribee Victoria Australia: Australasian Pig Science Association (Inc). Department of Primary Industries.
Gidley, M. J., Williams, B. A., Zhang, D., Gunness, P., Mikkelsen, D., Gorham, B., Keates, H., Bryden, W. L., Belobrajdic, D., Conlon, M. A., Kang, S., McSweeney, C., Bird, A. R. and Topping, D. L. (2009). Arabinoxylan improves indices of gut health and reduces DNA damage in pigs consuming a high risk “Western diet”: a pilot study. American Association of Cereal Chemists International 2009 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, United States, 13-16 September 2009.
Al-Rabadi, G. J., Williams, B. A., Torley, P., Bryden, W. L., Nielsen, S. G. and Gidley, M. J. (2009). Effect of particle size on hydration properties of barley and sorghum. Twelfth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Cairns, Australia, 22 - 25 November 2009. Werribee, Victoria, Australia: Australasian Pig Science Association (Inc). Department of Primary Industries.
Wang, Dongjie, Ng, Y.X., Williams, Barbara, Ferruzzi, M. G. and D'Arcy, Bruce (2009). Compared to wine, grape seed extract significantly increased the gas production of pig small intestine microbiota in vitro. The Nutrition Society of Australia & Nutration Society of Newzealand, 2009 Joint Annual Scientific Meeting, Newcastle, Australia, 8-11 December 2009. Australia: Nutrition Society of Australia.
Williams, B. A., Peucker, S. K. J., Finn, A. M., Nielsen, S. G., Tredrea, A. T., Singh, D. N., van Barneveld, R. J. and Gidley, M. J. (2009). Fermentation end-products from the small and large intestines of pigs fed grain-based diets. Twelfth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 22-25 November, 2009. Werribee Victoria Australia: Australasian Pig Science Association (Inc). Department of Primary Industries.
Belobrajdic, D. P., Gidley, M. J., Williams, B. A., Zhang, D., Bryden, W. L., Conlon, M. A., Bird, A. R. and Topping, D. L. (2009). Arabinoxylan reduces diet-induced colonocyte DNA damage in pigs. 19th International Congress of Nutrition, Bangkok, Thailand, 4-9 October 2009. BASEL: KARGER.
Wang, D. J., Williams, B. A., Ferruzzi, M. G. and D'Arcy, B. (2009). Grape seed extract metabolites found after fermentation by pig ileal microbiota. Newcastle 2009: Nutrition Society of Australia 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting. Joint Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of the Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA) & The Nutrition Society of New Zealand (NSNZ): Nutrition in the 21st Century, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 8-11 December 2009. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Nutrition Society of Australia. doi: 10.4066/AMJ.2010.207
Williams, B. A., Peucker, S. K. J., Finn, A. M., Nielsen, S. G., Tredrea, A. T., Singh, D. N., van Barnveld, R. J. and Gidley, M. J. (2009). Ileal digestibility of grains also includes fermentation as indicated by end-products. Twelfth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Cairns, Australia, 22- 25 November 2009. Werribee, Victoria, Australia: Australasian Pig Science Association (Inc). Department of Primary Industries.
Williams, B. A., Peucker, S. K. J., Finn, A. M., Nielsen, S. G., Tredrea, A. T., Singh, D. N., van Barneveld, R. J. and Gidley, M. J. (2009). Variation in fermentation end-products from faeces of grower pigs fed different grains. APSA 2009: 12th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 22-25 November 2009. Werribee, VIC, Australia: Australasian Pig Science Association (APSA); Department of Primary Industries.
Stevenson, M. C., Williams, B. A., Sopade, P. A., Bryden, W. L. and Hosking, B. J. (2007). Use of the rapid visco analyser to evaluate finished feeds. Manipulating Pig Production XI, Brisbane, Australia, 25-28 November 2007. Werribee, Vic: Australasian pig Science Association.
Awati, A., D'Urso, S., Williams, B. A., Bosch, M. and Verstegen, M. W. A. (2007). Changes in the fermentation end-product profile in the GIT of piglets during post-colostrum suckling period. 10th International Symposium on Digestive Physiology in Pigs, Denmark 2006, Part 1, Denmark, 2006. Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.01.036
Williams, B. A. and Gidley, M. J. (2007). Fermentation and porcine gut health. Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia, UNE, Armidale, NSW, 9-11 July, 2007. Armidale, NSW: University of New England.
Stevenson, M. C., Williams, B. A., Sopade, P. A., Bryden, W. L. and Hosking, B. J. (2007). Use of rapid visco analyser for feed grain evaluation. Manipulating Pig Production XI, Brisbane, Australia, 25-28 November 2007. Weeibee, Vic: Australasian pig Science Association.
Williams, B. A. and Gidley, M. (2007). Use of cumulative gas production to assess feed ingredient for gastro-intestinal fermentability. Eleventh biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Brisbane, Australia, 25-28 November 2007. Weeibee, Vic: Australasian Pig Science Association.
Stokes, Christopher R., Bailey, Michael, Haverson, Karin, Harris, Cecilla, Jones, Philip, Inman, Charlotte, Pié, Sandrine, Oswald, Isabelle P., Williams, Barbara A., Akkermans, Antoon D. L., Sowa, Eveline, Rothkötter, Hermann-Josef and Miller, Bevis G. (2004). Postnatal development of intestinal immune system in piglets: Implications for the process of weaning. doi: 10.1051/animres:2004020
Williams, BA, Van Osch, LJM and Kwakkel, P (1997). Fermentation characteristics of the caecal contents of broiler chickens fed fine and coarse particle diets. Spring Meeting of the UK-Branch of the Worlds-Poultry-Science-Association, Scarborough England, Mar 26-27, 1997. ABINGDON: CARFAX PUBL CO.
Generic Document
Jacob, Sera Susan, Gidley, Mike, Smyth, Heather, Flanagan, Bernadine, Williams, Barbara and Hickey, Sarah (2023). Breaking the wall of Food Sovereignty. Australian Academy of Science.
Seminar Paper
Jacob, Sera Susan, Adiamo, Oladipupo, Gidley, Mike, Smyth, Heather, Flanagan, Bernadine and Williams, Barbara (2023). Using wattleseeds for product development. Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland.