Gut Microbes Help Sustain Body Growth Despite Malnutrition (1 of 3) (image)

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Lactobacilli strains which growth promoting functionality have been qualified in Drosophila and promote growth of infant mice. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 19 2016, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by M. Schwarzer at Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon in Lyon, France, and colleagues was titled, "Lactobacillus plantarum strain maintains growth of infant mice during chronic undernutrition."
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Vincent Moncorgé
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