Effect of thymol on microbial diversity in the porcine jejunum

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 258-261

  Janczyk, Pawel ^a   Trevisi, Paolo ^b   Souffrant, Wolfgang B ^a   Bosi, Paolo ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Microbial diversity; Salmonella; Thymol; Weaning piglet

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; THYMOL;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS MINOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROL GROUP; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; JEJUNUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SMALL INTESTINE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; JEJUNUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SWINE; THYMOL; WEANING;

ACTINOBACILLUS MINOR; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 47949093590     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.05.035     Document Type: Article

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