Animal scientists pioneer new methods for culturing swine gut microbiomes
Published:October 1, 2021
Summary
By Fred Miller / University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station scientists have developed bacterial cultivation methods to isolate different bacteria from pigs. These methods could be used to culture beneficial bacteria in swine intestinal, or gut, microbiomes that can serve as probiotics to protect or improve the hea...