Article
In vitro characterization of chicken gut bacterial isolates for probiotic potentials.
Poultry science - 1 Feb 2021
Mandal Anita, Mandal Rabindra K, Yang Yichao, Khatri Bhuwan, Kong Byung-Whi, Kwon Young Min
Abstract excerpt
Probiotics often play an important role in improving gut health in chickens through multiple mechanisms, including enhancement of tight junctions, nutrient acquisition, niche colonization, or coaggregation with enteric pathogens. The objective of this study was to characterize lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated from the gut of healthy broiler chickens for a number of phenotypes that might be indicative of good...
Topics
- Animals
- Caco-2 Cells
- Chickens
- Electric Impedance
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome
- Humans
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Lactobacillales
- Movement
- Phenotype
- Probiotics
