Fermentation and the Effects of Probiotics on Host Metabolism

Probiotics: a Clinical Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2024, Pages 83-94

  Macfarlane, George T ^a   Macfarlane, Sandra ^a   Blackett, Katie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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