Sentences with phrase «especially anaerobes»

And even when a representative juice sample is obtained, unless it is collected and transported under anaerobic conditions for immediate plating - out many organisms, especially anaerobes, will die.

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This is of clinical significance, since anaerobic bacteria have a much greater potential to damage the intestinal brush borderand cause malabsorption; in addition, anaerobes, especially Bacteroides, are the major cause of bile salt deconjugation resulting in fat malabsorption and steatorrhoea.

Yet when bacterial numbers in the duodenum of cats were first reported as up to 1 x 109 cfu / ml it was assumed that this was because cats were different, and that their carnivorous diet encouraged the growth of anaerobes, especially Clostridia, rather than the fact that the numbers actually reflected the true situation more closely because of better technique.