Time to consider Clostridium probiotics?

Future Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 969-971

  Cartman, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clostridia; clostridium; probiotic; probiotics

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM COCCOIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM LEPTUM; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; PROBIOTICS;

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 80053553031     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.11.86     Document Type: Review

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