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Probiotic Bacteria and Enteric Infections pp 41–63Cite as

The Intestinal Microbiota and Probiotics

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The human microbiota undergoes changes throughout life. From being sterile in a foetus, the gastrointestinal tract of a newborn child is rapidly colonized with bacteria from both the mother and the environment. A less complex microbiota dominates during the first two years of life where after a more complex composition of the microbiota is established in adults. The bacterial composition undergoes changes again in elderly by factors related to ageing, including reduced mobility and intestinal functionality. However, throughout the human life cycle, intrinsic factors such as genetics, aging and non-infectious diseases are not the only ones influencing the composition and activity of the intestinal microbiota. Also external events like diet, infectious diseases and medicines have an impact on the microbiota.

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