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Manipulation of the gut microflora: experimental approach in animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

G. Fonty ,
P. Raibaud  and
Ph. Gouet
G. Fonty
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, INRA-CR de Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, 63122– Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France Laboratoire de Biologie comparée des Protistes, CNRS-URA 0138, 63170 Aubiére, France
P. Raibaud
Affiliation:
LEPSD INRA, CR de Jouy-en-Josas, 78350 – Jouy-en-Josas, France
Ph. Gouet
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, INRA-CR de Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, 63122– Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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Symposium on ‘The digestive tract in nutritional adaptation’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , August 1993 , pp. 345 - 356
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1993

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