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Bacillus subtilis spores germinate in the chicken gastrointestinal tract

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Cartman, S. T., La Ragione, R. M. and Woodward, M. J. (2008) Bacillus subtilis spores germinate in the chicken gastrointestinal tract. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74 (16). pp. 5254-5258. ISSN 0099-2240 doi: 10.1128/aem.00580-08

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A number of poultry probiotics contain bacterial spores. In this study, orally administered spores of Bacillus subtilis germinated in the gastrointestinal (GI) tracts of chicks. Furthermore, 20 h after spores were administered, vegetative cells outnumbered spores throughout the GI tract. This demonstrates that spore-based probiotics may function in this host through metabolically active mechanisms.

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Item Type Article
URI https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/28327
Identification Number/DOI 10.1128/aem.00580-08
Refereed Yes
Divisions Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences > Food Microbial Sciences Research Group
No Reading authors. Back catalogue items
Publisher American Society for Microbiology
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