The gut microbiota of centenarians: Signatures of longevity in the gut microbiota profile

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 165, Issue , 2017, Pages 180-184

  Biagi, Elena ^a   Rampelli, Simone ^a   Turroni, Silvia ^a   Quercia, Sara ^a   Candela, Marco ^a   Brigidi, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Gut microbiota; Longevity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGED; AGING; AKKERMANSIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COPROCOCCUS; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE; DIET; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; FAECALIBACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; METHANOBREVIBACTER; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROSEBURIA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE;

EID: 85009494251     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: 18726216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2016.12.013     Document Type: Review

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