Microbial community structure in gastrointestinal tracts of domestic animals: Comparative analyses using rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-294

  Lin, Chuzhao ^a   Raskin, Lutgarde ^a   Stahl, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

gastrointestinal tract; methanogen; oligonucleotide probe; SSU rRNA; sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METHANOGEN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE;

DESULFOVIBRIO;

EID: 0030860126     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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