The impact of nutrition on intestinal bacterial communities

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2017, Pages 59-65

  Flint, Harry J ^a   Duncan, Sylvia H ^a   Louis, Petra ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; INTESTINE FLORA; KEYSTONE SPECIES; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NUTRITION; REVIEW; BACTERIUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 85018334875     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2017.04.005     Document Type: Review

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