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LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue 4, Pages 355-360Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01765.x
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Bifidobacterium; poultry intestinal tract; prebiotic; probiotic
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Aims: To determine the efficacy and selectivity of an acidified, antibiotic-selective, oligosaccharide-containing media for enumerating Bifidobacterium spp. from chicken caeca samples. Methods and Results: Transoligosaccharide propionate agar medium (TOS) modified by addition of mupirocin (50 mu g ml(-1)) and glacial acetic acid (1%, v/v), did not inhibit the growth of bifidobacteria compared with the control media yet inhibited the growth of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus gallinarum, Lactobacillus helveticus and Streptococcus gordonii. Conclusions: Addition of mupirocin (50 mu g ml(-1)) and glacial acetic acid (1%, v/v) to TOS (TOS-AM50), is an effective selective medium for isolation and enumeration of Bifidobacterium spp. from chicken caeca samples. Significance and Impact of the Study: The development of an intestinal bifidobacteria-selective media contributes to the study of probiotics and prebiotics in poultry and potentially other species.
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