title: [Metchnikoff and a century of probiotics. From intuition to science].
authors.affiliation: Azienda Ospedaliera Specializzata Materno Infantile G. Salesi, Ancona.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caramia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005285:Fermentation; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D019545:Intuition; D007558:Italy; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology; D008892:Milk / Q000266:history* / Q000382:microbiology; D009613:Nobel Prize; D010587:Phagocytosis; D019936:Probiotics / Q000266:history*; D012425:Russia (Pre-1917); D048249:Streptococcus thermophilus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology