Impact of a probiotic, inulin, or their combination on the piglets’ microbiota at different intestinal locations

High-Throughput Sequence-Based Analysis of the Intestinal Microbiota of Weanling Pigs Fed Genetically Modified MON810 Maize Expressing Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab (Bt Maize) for 31 Days

(2012) Stefan G. Buzoianu et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Chain length of inulin affects its degradation and the microbiota in the gastrointestinal tract of weaned piglets after a short-term dietary application

(2012) Nadine Paßlack et al.   Livestock Science

The effect of a diet with fructan-rich chicory roots on intestinal helminths and microbiota with special focus on Bifidobacteria and Campylobacter in piglets around weaning

(2011) A. N. Jensen et al.   Animal

Comparative fecal metagenomics unveils unique functional capacity of the swine gut

(2011) Regina Lamendella et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Metabolic activities and probiotic potential of bifidobacteria

(2011) D.A. Russell et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Probiotics and prebiotics in animal feeding for safe food production

(2010) Francesca Gaggìa et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Impact of inulin and a multispecies probiotic formulation on performance, microbial ecology and concomitant fermentation patterns in newly weaned piglets

(2010) C. Mair et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANIMAL NUTRITION

Supplemental Dietary Inulin of Variable Chain Lengths Alters Intestinal Bacterial Populations in Young Pigs

(2010) Jannine K. Patterson et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

(2010) J Gregory Caporaso et al.   NATURE METHODS

In vitro antagonistic activities of animal intestinal strains against swine-associated pathogens

(2010) Viviana Klose et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Better living through microbial action: the benefits of the mammalian gastrointestinal microbiota on the host

(2009) Thomas D. Leser et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility of porcine bacteria that inhibit the growth ofBrachyspira hyodysenteriae in vitro

(2009) V. Klose et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative study of a new quantitative real-time PCR targeting the xylulose-5-phosphate/fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase bifidobacterial gene (xfp) in faecal samples with two fluorescence in situ hybridization methods

(2009) V. Cleusix et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Changes in bacterial populations in the ileum of pigs fed low-phosphorus diets supplemented with different sources of fermentable carbohydrates

(2008) B.U. Metzler et al.   ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

High-throughput diversity and functionality analysis of the gastrointestinal tract microbiota

(2008) E G Zoetendal et al.   GUT