TY - JOUR AU - Reuben, Rine Christopher AU - Roy, Pravas Chandra AU - Sarkar, Shovon Lal AU - Alam, Rubayet-Ul AU - Jahid, Iqbal Kabir PY - 2019 DA - 2019/11/12 TI - Isolation, characterization, and assessment of lactic acid bacteria toward their selection as poultry probiotics JO - BMC Microbiology SP - 253 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Probiotics are live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host, are now accepted as suitable alternatives to antibiotics in the control of animal infections and improving animal production. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) with remarkable functional properties have been evaluated in different studies as possible probiotic candidates. The purpose of this study was to isolate, characterize and assess the potentials of LAB from poultry gastrointestinal tract as potential poultry probiotics. SN - 1471-2180 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1626-0 DO - 10.1186/s12866-019-1626-0 ID - Reuben2019 ER -