Changes in the gut microbiota during and after commercial helium-oxygen saturation diving in China.
Yuan YuanGuosheng ZhaoHongwei JiBin PengZhiguo HuangWei JinXiaoqiang ChenHaitao GuanGuangsheng TangHui ZhangZhenglin JiangPublished in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2019)
Occupational exposure to high pressure in a helium-oxygen saturation environment decreased the abundance of Bifidobacterium and some SCFA-producing bacteria, and increased the risk of pathogenic bacterial infection. Supplementation of the diver diet with probiotics or prebiotics during saturation diving might prevent these undesirable changes.
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