Fiber man meets microbial man

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-2

  Shanahan, Fergus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; FECES MICROFLORA; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFLORA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VITAMIN B METABOLISM; VITAMIN METABOLISM; BACTEROIDETES; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

PREBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTEROIDETES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MICROBIOTA; PREBIOTICS;

EID: 84919666358     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.101550     Document Type: Editorial

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