Enumeration of bifidobacteria in gastrointestinal samples from piglets

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 654-658

  Mikkelsen, Lene Lind ^a   Bendixen, Christian ^a   Jakobsen, Mogens ^b   Jensen, Bent Borg ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENES; RNA;

BIFIDOBACTERIAL ISOLATES; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; FECES; PIG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CELL STRUCTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FECES CULTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; POSIBACTERIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037227081     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.654-658.2003     Document Type: Article

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