Why Don't Ruminal Bacteria Digest Cellulose Faster?

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1496-1502

  Weimer, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulolytic microbes; Digestion; Fiber; Rumen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS;

CELLULOSE;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; RUMINANT STOMACH; TIME;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CELLULOSE; ENVIRONMENT; RUMEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030202729     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(96)76509-8     Document Type: Article

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