Detection of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (Bb12) in the intestine after feeding of sows and their piglets

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6338-6347

  Solano Aguilar, Gloria ^a   Dawson, Harry ^a   Restrepo, Marta ^a   Andrews, Kate ^b   Vinyard, Bryan ^c   Urban Jr , Joseph F ^a  

^a BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; COSMIC RAYS; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BACTERIAL NUMBERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CONTINUOUS; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACTS; LACTIS STRAINS; LARGE INTESTINES; MICROBIOTA; PCR DETECTIONS; PCR METHODS; RANGING;

GENE ENCODING;

DNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; NEONATE; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; REAL TIME; SUBSPECIES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS SUBSP. ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS SUBSP. LACTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM BV. SUIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 54949088269     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00309-08     Document Type: Article

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