Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE)-based monitoring of intestinal lactobacilli and bifidobacteria of pigs during a feeding trial

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-126

  Petersson, Agnes ^a   Domig, Konrad J ^a   Nagel, Philipp ^a   Zollitsch, Werner ^a   Hagmüller, Werner ^b   Kneifel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Institute of Organic Farming and Farm Animal Biodiversity   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteriaceae; Denaturing gradient; Gel electrophoresis; Lactobacillus; Microbiota; Pigs

Indexed keywords

BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; LACTOBACILLUS; SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FECES; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE; SWINE; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DIET; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS; SWINE;

EID: 67650261083     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: 14772817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450390902733959     Document Type: Article

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