Streptococcus alactolyticus is the dominating culturable lactic acid bacterium species in canine jejunum and feces of four fistulated dogs

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-39

  Rinkinen, Minna L ^a   Koort, Joanna M K ^a   Ouwehand, Arthur C ^b   Westermarck, Elias ^a   Björkroth, K Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Culturable canine intestinal lactic acid bacteria; Jejunal chyme; Streptococcus alactolyticus

Indexed keywords

AGAR; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FECES; JEJUNUM; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS MURINUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOTYPING; SAMPLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ALACTOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS MURINUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ALACTOLYTICUS;

EID: 0347753492     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00851-6     Document Type: Article

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