Dietary nisin modulates the gastrointestinal microbial ecology and enhances growth performance of the broiler chickens.

Due to antimicrobial properties, nisin is one of the most commonly used and investigated bacteriocins for food preservation. Surprisingly, nisin has had limited use in animal feed as well as there are only few reports on its influence on microbial ecology of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). The pre...

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Main Authors: Damian Józefiak, Bartosz Kierończyk, Jerzy Juśkiewicz, Zenon Zduńczyk, Mateusz Rawski, Jakub Długosz, Anna Sip, Ole Højberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3869907?pdf=render