Recycling Metchnikoff: Probiotics, the intestinal microbiome and the quest for long life

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Mackowiak, Philip A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactobacilli; Metchnikoff; Microbiome; Phagocytes; Senility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899887691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2013.00052     Document Type: Article

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