Article
Lactic acid bacteria associated with the digestive tract of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.).
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Aug 2000
Ringø E, Bendiksen H R, Wesmajervi M S, Olsen R E, Jansen P A, Mikkelsen H
Abstract excerpt
The present study reports the effect of excessive handling stress and starvation on the lactic acid bacteria associated with the digestive tract of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). A relatively low population level (approximately 2 x 103 bacteria per gram wet tissue) of viable adherent heterotrophic bacteria was associated with the digestive tract (foregut, midgut and hindgut). Of the 752 bacterial isolates...
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