Bifidobacteria and humans: Our special friends, from ecological to genomics perspectives

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 163-168

  Ventura, Marco ^a   Turroni, Francesca ^b   Lugli, Gabriele Andrea ^a   van Sinderen, Douwe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Genomics; Host microbe cross talk

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIFIDOBACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HOST-MICROBE CROSS-TALK; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIFIDOBACTERIA; GENOMICS; HOST-MICROBE CROSS-TALK;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84889096076     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6356     Document Type: Review

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