Shaping the Metabolism of Intestinal Population Through Diet to Improve Human Health

Overview

Journal Front Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2017 Mar 23

PMID 28326076

Citations 96

Authors

David Rios-Covian

Nuria Salazar

Miguel Gueimonde

Clara G de Los Reyes-Gavilan

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