title: Colonic microflora: nutrition and health. Summary and conclusions of an International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) [Europe] workshop held in Barcelona, Spain.
abstract: The colonic microflora is an organism that performs a variety of unique activities. It is more important to evaluate these activities than to analyze bacterial composition in terms of genera, species, or strains. Unless the bacteria translocate, it is the activities of the colonic microflora that affect colonic and systemic physiology and not the bacteria themselves.
authors.affiliation: Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Roberfroid
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bornet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bouley
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cummings
mesh_terms: D003106:Colon / Q000382:microbiology*; D004032:Diet; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000502:physiology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena