Bifidobacteria from the gastrointestinal tract of animals: Differences and similarities

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 377-388

  Bunesova, V ^a   Vlkova, E ^a   Rada, V ^a   Killer, J ^a,b   Musilova, S ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Animals; Bifidobacteria; Diversity; Occurrence; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ACTINOCOLONIIFORME; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANGULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ASTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIAVATI; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BOHEMICUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BOMBI; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BOUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CALLITRICHOS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CATENULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CHOERINUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CORYNEFORME; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CRUDILACTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CUNICULI; BIFIDOBACTERIUM DENTIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM GALLICUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM GALLINARUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM INDICUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM KASHIWANOHENSE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM MAGNUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM MERYCICUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM MINIMUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM MONGOLIENSE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM MOUKALABENSE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM PSEUDOCATENULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM PSEUDOLONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM PSYCHRAEROPHILUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM PULLORUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM REUTERI; BIFIDOBACTERIUM RUMINANTIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM SAECULARE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM SAGUINI; BIFIDOBACTERIUM SCARDOVII; BIFIDOBACTERIUM STELLENBOSCHENSE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM STERCORIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM SUBTILE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM THERMACIDOPHILUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM THERMOPHILUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM TSURUMIENSE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POULTRY;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INSECTS; POULTRY;

EID: 84907023135     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2013.0081     Document Type: Review

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