Getting better with bifidobacteria

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1303-1315

  Leahy, S C ^a,b   Higgins, D G ^b   Fitzgerald, G F ^a,c   Van Sinderen, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC MAKE-UP; GENOME SEQUENCING; GRAM POSITIVE; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; PROBIOTICS; WARM-BLOODED ANIMALS; WELL BEING;

BACTERIA;

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

FOOD SCIENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PROBIOTICS;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COMMENSALISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE SEQUENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES; WELLBEING;

ANIMALIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 20444469199     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02600.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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