Properties of Enterococcus faecium isolated from the intestine of slaughting pigs
Kim, I.D.;Ahn, M.H.;Seok, H.B.(Dankook University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea)E-mail:hobong@dankook.ac.kr
The growth characteristics and the properties of the Enterococcus faecium (E. faecium) isolated from intestine of slaughting pig were examined in order to confirm whether it will be used practically as probiotics or not. E. faecium was identified by morphological and biochemical tests including of final confirming by API strep kit. Among 264 samples, 44 isolates (16.7%) of E. faecium were observed as an exellent growth as a range of 1×10∨7 CFU/ml~3.3×10∨9 CFU/ml in viable bacterial count on MRI medium.
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