Open AccessChanges in bacterial diversity and composition in the faeces and colon of weaned piglets after feeding fermented soybean meal
Author(s) -
Jiajia Zhu,
Mingxing Gao,
Xiaojun Song,
Li Zhao,
Yuwen Li,
Zhihui Hao
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000766
Subject(s) - biology , firmicutes , feces , clostridium , lactobacillus , food science , soybean meal , microbiology and biotechnology , weaning , fermentation , meal , ruminococcus , clostridiaceae , zoology , bacteria , 16s ribosomal rna , ecology , raw material , genetics , toxin
The microbiota composition of faeces and colonic contents were analysed to investigate the mechaninsm by which fermented soybean meal improves intestinal microbial communities, growth and immunity in weaning piglets.