Microbiota and healthy ageing: Observational and nutritional intervention studies

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 326-334

  Brüssow, Harald ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

AGING; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDACEAE; BACTEROIDETES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; CARCINOGENESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLON FLORA; DESULFOVIBRIO; DIGESTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; EUBACTERIUM; FECES MICROFLORA; FIRMICUTES; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

AGING; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 84879012628     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12048     Document Type: Article

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