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“Missing microbes” in commercial broiler production and the effects of early-life microbial inoculations on broiler microbiota development
DownloadFall 2023
Modern poultry production relies on strict biosecurity procedures to minimize the risk of introducing pathogens to flocks, and may inadvertently limit exposure to beneficial commensal bacteria that naturally coexist with chickens. Commensal bacteria promote gastrointestinal and immune...
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Characterization of lifestyle-associated metabolic traits of host-adapted lactobacilli that are relevant in food fermentations
DownloadFall 2020
Lactobacilli are present in a majority of food fermentations, and the fermentation organisms of different fermented foods are recruited from free-living, host-adapted, and nomadic lactobacilli. The metabolic traits of host-adapted lactobacilli relate to their ecological success in their...