Bifidobacterium-selective isolation and enumeration from chicken caeca by a modified oligosaccharide antibiotic-selective agar medium

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-360

  Thitaram, S N ^a   Siragusa, G R ^a   Hinton, A ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Poultry intestinal tract; Prebiotic; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PH; POLYSACCHARIDES;

AGAR MEDIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CONTROL MEDIUMS; GLACIAL ACETIC ACID; INTESTINAL TRACT; POULTRY INTESTINAL TRACT; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS; SELECTIVE ISOLATION; SELECTIVE MEDIUM;

OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

ACETIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

BACTERIUM;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CECUM; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH INHIBITION; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS GALLINARUM; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS GALLINARUM; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; TOSCANA VIRUS;

EID: 25844512829     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01765.x     Document Type: Article

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