Human milk: Mother nature's prototypical probiotic food?

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 112-123

  McGuire, Michelle K ^a   McGuire, Mark A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Human milk; Microbiome; Microbiota; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIUM; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA; BREAST FEEDING; HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROBIOTA; MILK, HUMAN; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84927930662     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.114.007435     Document Type: Review

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