RETRACTED ARTICLE: Human microbiome and homeostasis: insights into the key role of prebiotics, probiotics, and symbiotics

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We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, have retracted the following article: Human microbiome and homeostasis: insights into the key role of prebiotics, probiotics, and symbiotics Bahare Salehi, Marina Dimitrijević, Ana Aleksić, Katarzyna Neffe-Skocińska, Dorota Zielińska, Danuta Kołożyn-Krajewska, Javad Sharifi-Rad, Zorica Stojanović-Radić, Selvaraj Milton Prabu, Célia F. Rodrigues & Natália Martins. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition (2021) Vol. 61, No. 9, 1415–1428 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2020.1760202 The above article has been retracted due to significant overlap in content with the following previously published papers: An update on probiotics, prebiotics and symbiotics in clinical nutrition Gabriel Olveira, Inmaculada González-Molero Endocrinol Nutr (2016) 63(9), 482–494 DOI: 10.1016/J.ENDOEN.2016.10.011 The Microbiome and Human Biology Rob Knight, Chris Callewaert, Clarisse Marotz, Embriette R. Hyde, Justine W. Debelius, Daniel McDonald, and Mitchell L. Sogin Annu. Rev. Genom. Hum. Genet. (2017) 18, 65–86 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-083115-022438 The healthy human microbiome Jason Lloyd-Price, Galeb Abu-Ali & Curtis Huttenhower Genome Medicine (2016) 8, 51 DOI: 10.1186/s13073-016-0307-y As this represents a breach of publishing ethics and of warranties made by the authors with respect to originality and provenance, we are retracting the article. Although not all authors were responsible for the overlap in content, they have all agreed to the retraction of this article to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record. The authors would like to apologize for their poor judgment when preparing and submitting the article. We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.