Worms need microbes too: Microbiota, health and aging in caenorhabditis elegans

EMBO Molecular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1300-1310

  Cabreiro, Filipe ^a   Gems, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; C. elegans; Metformin; Microbiota; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMMENSALISM; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; DYSBIOSIS; FOOD; GENE MANIPULATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HEALTH STATUS; HOST; IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROFLORA; MICROORGANISM; NECROMENY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORM;

AGING; C. ELEGANS; METFORMIN; MICROBIOTA; TYPE-2 DIABETES;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MICROBIOTA; MODELS, ANIMAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84883347483     PISSN: 17574676     EISSN: 17574684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/emmm.201100972     Document Type: Article

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