Iron-saturated bovine lactoferrin preserves microbiota diversity and healthy ageing-associated taxa in an in vitro colon model of elderly gut microbiota (Iron-saturated bovine lactoferrin impact on elderly gut microbiota)

• María Ruiz-Rico ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mruizrico@ucc.ie, maria.ruiz-rico@uv.es

  Current address: Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain

  Affiliations School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7333-1236

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• Huimin Ye,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4706-9852

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• Tom F. O’Callaghan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2684-7253

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• Paul W. O’Toole,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

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• Elaine K. McCarthy

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

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