The evaluation of a mupirocin-based selective medium for the enumeration of bifidobacteria from probiotic animal feed

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-16

  Simpson, P J ^a   Fitzgerald, G F ^b,c   Stanton, C ^a,c   Ross, R P ^a,c  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Mupirocin; Probiotic animal feed

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; NYSTATIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM THERMOPHILUM; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EVALUATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS CREMORIS; NONHUMAN; PEDIOCOCCUS; PEDIOCOCCUS ACIDILACTICI; PEDIOCOCCUS PENTOSACEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM FREUDENREICHII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ALDEHYDE-LYASES; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; MUPIROCIN; PROBIOTICS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLI; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1542285227     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.11.010     Document Type: Article

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