Gut bifidobacteria populations in human health and aging

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue AUG, 2016, Pages

  Arboleya, Silvia ^a,b   Watkins, Claire ^a,b,c   Stanton, Catherine ^a,b   Ross, R Paul ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aging; Bifidobacteria; Health; Intestinal microbiota; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULTHOOD; AGING; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BREAST MILK; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRITABLE COLON; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PERMEABILITY; SENESCENCE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84988859639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01204     Document Type: Short Survey

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