Probiotic microorganisms: A closer look

Microorganisms

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Villena, Julio ^a,b   Kitazawa, Haruki ^b  

^a CENTRO DE REFERENCIA PARA LACTOBACILOS CERELA CONICET   (Argentina)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 85108328249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms5020017     Document Type: Editorial

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