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Nature Reviews Microbiology 7, 616 (1 September 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2209

Probiotics and obesity: a link?

Didier Raoult

Didier Raoult cautions that the use of probiotics as growth promoters in the farming industry means that further studies should be carried out before they are regarded as safe for use in humans.