Ecology and metabolism of the beneficial intestinal commensal bacterium Faecalibacterium prausnitzii

Gut Microbes

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Miquel, Sylvie ^a   Martin, Rebeca ^a   Bridonneau, Chantal ^a   Robert, Véronique ^a   Sokol, Harry ^a,b,c   Bermúdez Humarán, Luis G ^a   Thomas, Muriel ^a   Langella, Philippe ^a  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Ecophysiology; Medicine; Metabolism; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ESSENTIAL OIL; HYDROCORTISONE; INFLIXIMAB; INULIN; ISOFLAVONE; RIFAXIMIN; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIETARY FIBER; DYSBIOSIS; ECOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ECOLOGY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INTESTINES;

EID: 84899422808     PISSN: 19490976     EISSN: 19490984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/gmic.27651     Document Type: Review

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