Contribution of the intestinal microbiota to human health: From birth to 100 years of age

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 358, Issue , 2013, Pages 323-346

  Cheng, Jing ^a   Palva, Airi M ^a   De Vos, Willem M ^a,b,c   Satokari, Reetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BREAST MILK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CELIAC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRITABLE COLON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; BACTERIUM; DISEASES; HEALTH; HISTORY; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; DISEASE; HEALTH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTESTINES; METAGENOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880142246     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/82_2011_189     Document Type: Article

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