Bifidobacteria: Their impact on gut microbiota composition and their applications as probiotics in infants

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 563-577

  Di Gioia, Diana ^a   Aloisio, Irene ^a   Mazzola, Giuseppe ^a   Biavati, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Gut microbiota; Infants; Newborns; Probiotics; Therapeutic microbiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIOTA; CELIAC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OBESITY; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84895068197     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5405-9     Document Type: Review

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