Nutrition and the gut microbiome in the elderly

Gut Microbes

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 82-97

  Salazar, Nuria ^a   Valdés Varela, Lorena ^a   González, Sonia ^b   Gueimonde, Miguel ^a   de los Reyes Gavilán, Clara G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; diet; elderly; microbiome; microbiota; nutrient; nutritional strategy; prebiotics; probiotics

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONSTIPATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIARRHEA; FUSOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; AGING; ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

AGING; ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 85017231302     PISSN: 19490976     EISSN: 19490984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2016.1256525     Document Type: Review

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