Bacteria in the gut: Friends and foes and how to alter the balance

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Rastall, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bifidobacterium; Colonic microflora; Lactobacillus; Prebiotics; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; LACTOSUCROSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAT; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLON; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; DOG; DRUG SCREENING; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CAMPYLOBACTER; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; FELIS CATUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS;

EID: 3543112649     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.8.2022s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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