Fermentability of carbohydrates in an in vitro batch culture method using inocula from Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Aquaculture Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 523-532

  Leenhouwers, J I ^a   Pellikaan, W F ^a   Huizing, H F A ^a   Coolen, R O M ^a   Verreth, J A J ^a   Schrama, J W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; European sea bass; Fermentation; In vitro gas production; Microbiota; Nile tilapia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; SERRANIDAE; TILAPIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 55349090288     PISSN: 13535773     EISSN: 13652095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2095.2007.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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