Enterococcus faecium PNC01 isolated from the intestinal mucosa of chicken as an alternative for antibiotics to reduce feed conversion rate in broiler chickens

Abstract Background The development and utilization of probiotics had many environmental benefits for replacing antibiotics in animal production. Bacteria in the intestinal mucosa have better adhesion to the host intestinal epithelial cells compared to bacteria in the intestinal contents. In this st...

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Main Authors: Yang He, Xuan Liu, Yuanyang Dong, Jiaqi Lei, Koichi Ito, Bingkun Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Microbial Cell Factories
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-021-01609-z