Modern perspectives on the health benefits of kefir in next generation sequencing era: Improvement of the host gut microbiota

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 1782-1793

  Kim, Dong Hyeon ^a   Jeong, Dana ^a   Kim, Hyunsook ^b   Seo, Kun Ho ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

gut microbiota; gut mycobiota; Kefir; lactic acid bacteria; next generation sequencing; probiotics; yeast

Indexed keywords

FERMENTED MILK; HEALTH; LACTIC ACID; MODULATION; PROBIOTICS; YEAST;

GUT MICROBIOTA; KEFIR; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; MYCOBIOTA; NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING;

BACTERIA;

KEFIR; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PROCEDURES; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; KEFIR; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; PROBIOTICS; YEASTS;

EID: 85067536725     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2018.1428168     Document Type: Review

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