title: Bacterial Concentration and Diversity within Repetitive Aliquots Collected from Replicate Continuous-Flow Bioreactor Cultures.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the reproducibility of small volume repeat sampling from replicate bioreactors with stabilized continuous-flow chicken cecal bacterial communities. Bacterial concentration and diversity were analyzed by phenotypic, biochemical and ribotype analysis. Significant differences in concentrations and variations in diversity were found in replicate bioreactors.
authors.affiliation: Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, College Station, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Tawni L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Crippen
authors.forename: Cynthia L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Sheffield
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bongaerts
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Nisbet