Lactobacillus ruminis is a predominant lactic acid producing bacterium in the caecum and rectum of the pig

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-217

  Al Jassim, R A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lactic acid producing bacteria; Lactobacillus ruminis; Mitsuokella multiacidus; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALS;

ACID PRODUCING BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINS; LACTIC ACID PRODUCING BACTERIA; LACTOBACILLUS RUMINI; LARGE INTESTINE; MITSUOKELLUM MULTIACIDU; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; PIG; POST MORTEM; SMALL INTESTINE;

LACTIC ACID;

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; LACTIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PIG;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CADAVER; CECUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS RUMINIS; MITSUOKELLA MULTIACIDUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RECTUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWINE; TUBE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS RUMINIS; MITSUOKELLA MULTACIDA; MITSUOKELLA MULTIACIDUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0042378951     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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