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History and development of probiotics

  • Fuller R
Springer Netherlands, (1992), 1-8
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-2364-8_1
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Abstract

The word ‘probiotic’ is derived from the Greek meaning ‘for life’ and has had several different meanings over the years. It was first used by Lilley and Stillwell in 1965 to describe substances secreted by one microorganism which stimulated...

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Fuller, R. (1992). History and development of probiotics. In Probiotics (pp. 1–8). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2364-8_1

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