Post-natal development of the porcine microbiota composition and activities

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1191-1199

  Konstantinov, Sergey R ^a   Awati, Ajay A ^a   Williams, Barbara A ^a   Miller, Bevis G ^b   Jones, Philip ^b   Stokes, Christopher R ^b   Akkermans, Antoon D L ^a   Smidt, Hauke ^a   De Vos, Willem M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS SOBRIUS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SUIDAE;

EID: 33745153075     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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