Probiotics shown to change bacterial community structure in the avian gastrointestinal tract

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5134-5138

  Netherwood, Trudy ^a   Gilbert, H J ^a   Parker, D S ^a   O'Donnell, A G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHICKEN; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 0032746993     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.5134-5138.1999     Document Type: Article

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