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Bacteria in the mouth may offer probiotic potential against upper
respiratory tract infections say researchers from the
Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, and Tampere
University of Technology, Tampere, Finland. They detail their
findings in the June 2010 issue of the journal Applied and
Environmental Microbiology. Although internal communication ...(301
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