In vitro effects of synbiotic fermentation on the canine faecal microbiota

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 587-600

  Ogué Bon, Eva ^a   Khoo, Christina ^b   McCartney, Anne L ^a   Gibson, Glenn R ^a   Rastall, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

batch cultures; Bifidobacterium bifidum; galacto oligosaccharides; synbiotic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; CULTURE MEDIUM;

BACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; FERMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOG; FECES; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; FECES; FERMENTATION; METAGENOME; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PROBIOTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES SP.; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM;

EID: 77955258125     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00915.x     Document Type: Article

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