TY - JOUR AU - Mariat, D. AU - Firmesse, O. AU - Levenez, F. AU - Guimarăes, VD AU - Sokol, H. AU - Doré, J. AU - Corthier, G. AU - Furet, J-P PY - 2009 DA - 2009/06/09 TI - The Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio of the human microbiota changes with age JO - BMC Microbiology SP - 123 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - In humans, the intestinal microbiota plays an important role in the maintenance of host health by providing energy, nutrients, and immunological protection. Applying current molecular methods is necessary to surmount the limitations of classical culturing techniques in order to obtain an accurate description of the microbiota composition. SN - 1471-2180 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-123 DO - 10.1186/1471-2180-9-123 ID - Mariat2009 ER -