Shrinkage of the human core microbiome and a proposal for launching microbiome biobanks

Future Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 639-656

  Barzegari, Abolfazl ^a,b,c   Saeedi, Nazli ^a   Saei, Amir Ata ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

antibiotic; biodiversity; biopreservation; biorepository; cryopreservation; food starter; gut; native microbiome; personalized medicine; probiotic

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADVERTIZING; BIODIVERSITY; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERMENTED PRODUCT; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFESTYLE; MICROBIOME; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; OBESITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICE; MICROBIOTA; OBESITY; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84903272195     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.14.22     Document Type: Review

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