Molecular Microbial Analysis of Lactobacillus Strains Isolated from the Gut of Calves for Potential Probiotic Use

Table 2

Number of isolates for each ARDRA group; frequency of occurrence of each species and portion of the intestine in which the isolates were obtained.

ARDRA group^(a)	Related species	Isolates^(b)	Frequency^(c)	Portion of intestine
4	L. salivarius	28/42	6/6	Cecum
2	P. acidilactici	3/42	2/6	Cecum/jejunum
6	L. curvatus	1/42	1/6	Cecum
1	L. plantarum	2/42	1/6	Jejunum
7	L. farciminis	1/42	1/6	Jejunum
9	E. hirae	2/42	2/6	Cecum
3	W. paramesenteroides	2/42	1/6	Jejunum
5	L. ruminis	1/42	1/6	Cecum
8	L. mucosae	1/42	1/6	Cecum

^(a)The numbers correspond to the ARDRA groups of the agarose gel electrophoresis (Figure 1). ^(b)Isolates: number of isolates for each group/total isolates. ^(c)Frequency: number of calves in which each species was isolated/total number of calves studied.