Group-specific 16S rRNA hybridization probes for determinative and community structure studies of Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens in the rumen

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1256-1260

  Forster, Robert J ^a   Gong, Jianhua ^a,b   Teather, Ronald M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; NONHUMAN; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BUTYRIVIBRIO FIBRISOLVENS; CERVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030898396     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1256-1260.1997     Document Type: Article

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