How Many Ruminal Bacteria Are There?

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1467-1475

  Krause, D O ^a   Russell, J B ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Phylogeny; Ribosomal ribonucleic acid; Rumen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BUTYRIVIBRIO FIBRISOLVENS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM AMINOPHILUM; FIBROBACTER; FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES SUBSP. SUCCINOGENES; PREVOTELLA RUMINICOLA; RUMINOBACTER AMYLOPHILUS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RUMEN;

EID: 0030202865     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(96)76506-2     Document Type: Article

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