Survival of the recombinant Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron strain BTX in in vitro rumen incubations

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 743-750

  Cotta, M A ^a   Whitehead, T R ^a   Rasmussen, M A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BATCH CULTURE; CHONDROITINSULFATE; CONDITION; CULTURE SYSTEMS; IN-VITRO; RUMEN FLUIDS; VITRO INCUBATION; XYLANASES;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

CHONDROITIN SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0030806349     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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