Ammonia-hyperproducing bacteria from New Zealand ruminants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1796-1804

  Attwood, Graeme T ^a   Klieve, Athol V ^b   Ouwerkerk, Diane ^b   Patel, Bharat K C ^c  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE STRUCTURE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RUMINATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDACEAE; BACTEROIDES; CERVIDAE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM AMINOPHILUM; CLOSTRIDIUM STICKLANDII; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; OVIS ARIES; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031803709     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1796-1804.1998     Document Type: Article

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