Defining a healthy human gut microbiome: Current concepts, future directions, and clinical applications

Cell Host and Microbe

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 611-622

  Bäckhed, Fredrik ^a   Fraser, Claire M ^b   Ringel, Yehuda ^c   Sanders, Mary Ellen ^d   Sartor, R Balfour ^c   Sherman, Philip M ^e   Versalovic, James ^f   Young, Vincent ^g   Finlay, B Brett ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DAIRY AND FOOD CULTURE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84869188027     PISSN: 19313128     EISSN: 19346069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2012.10.012     Document Type: Review

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