Changes in abundance of Lactobacillus spp. and Streptococcus suis in the stomach, jejunum and ileum of piglets after weaning

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 546-555

  Su, Yong ^a   Yao, Wen ^a   Perez Gutierrez, Odette N ^b   Smidt, Hauke ^b   Zhu, Wei Yun ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal microbiota; Lactobacillus sobrius; Streptococcus suis; Weaned piglet

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOMINANCE; ELECTROKINESIS; JUVENILE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PIG; WEANING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ILEUM; INTESTINE FLORA; JEJUNUM; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORAXELLA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PIGLET; PORPHYROMONAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STOMACH; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; WEANING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS SOBRIUS; MORAXELLA CUNICULI; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS ANAEROBIUS; PORPHYROMONAS CATONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 55949117247     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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