High Doses of Halotolerant Gut-Indigenous Lactobacillus plantarum Reduce Cultivable Lactobacilli in Newborn Calves without Increasing Its Species Abundance

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Quantitative effect of L. plantarum (Lplant-B80) administration on other fecal cultivable microbiota. (a) Selective enumeration of L. plantarum B80 based on phenotype and BBL biochemical profile. Data for the first 6 days of treatment and the follow-up period (7–15 days). Average ± SD. (b) Total fecal coliforms and lactic acid bacteria. High doses tended to lower fecal coliforms, but it significantly reduced lactic acid bacteria (areas under the curves, ). Distinct capitalized superscripts (A, B) denote statistical differences.

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