Characterisation of inhibitory activity of metabolites produced by six strains of Lactobacillus plantarum.

• Main Authors: Foo, Hooi Ling, Karunakaramoorthy, Anuradha, Loh, Teck Chwen, Abdul Rahim, Raha, Nor Shamsudin, Mariana, Bejo, Mohd Hair
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27250/1/ID%2027250.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27250/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Antibiotics have been used as therapeutic agents and growth promoters in animal feeds since 1950, However, the excessive use of antibiotics has led to resistance in bacterial pathogens and re-occurrence of eradicated diseases, This situation has urged for the search of an alternative to antibiotics...