Locally sourced probiotics, the next opportunity for developing countries?

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 197-200

  Sybesma, Wilbert ^a   Kort, Remco ^a,b,c   Lee, Yuan Kun ^d  

^a Yoba for Life foundation   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Developing world; Microbiome; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN NEEDS; HYGIENE; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; ECONOMICS; MICROFLORA; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84925235977     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.01.002     Document Type: Note

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