The role of ciliate protozoa in the lysis of methanogenic archaea in rumen fluid

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 421-425

  Newbold, C J ^a   Ushida, K ^b   Morvan, B ^c   Fonty, G ^c   Jouany, J P ^c  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIAL LYSIS; BROKEN DOWN; CELL-FREE; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA; PROTEIN TURNOVERS; RUMEN FLUIDS; RUMINAL BACTERIA; SELENOMONAS;

PROTOZOA;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; RUMEN MICROORGANISM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; ENTODINIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBREVIBACTER; OVIS ARIES; POLYPLASTRON MULTIVESICULATUM; PROTOZOA; SELENOMONAS RUMINANTIUM; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030445016     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb01350.x     Document Type: Article

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