| anaerostipes butyraticus sp. nov., an anaerobic, butyrate-producing bacterium from clostridium cluster xiva isolated from broiler chicken caecal content, and emended description of the genus anaerostipes. | four butyrate-producing isolates were obtained from the caecal content of a 4-week-old broiler chicken. the 16s rrna gene sequences were determined and confirmed the close relatedness of the four isolates, which suggested that they were derived from a single bacterial clone. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences showed that its closest relatives were members of cluster xiva of the clostridium subphylum of gram-positive bacteria and that the closest related type strain was anaero ... | 2010 | 19666785 |
| effects of xylo-oligosaccharides on broiler chicken performance and microbiota. | in broiler chickens, feed additives, including prebiotics, are widely used to improve gut health and to stimulate performance. xylo-oligosaccharides (xos) are hydrolytic degradation products of arabinoxylans that can be fermented by the gut microbiota. in the current study, we aimed to analyze the prebiotic properties of xos when added to the broiler diet. administration of xos to chickens, in addition to a wheat-rye-based diet, significantly improved the feed conversion ratio. xos significantly ... | 2015 | 26092452 |