Taxon-specific associations between protozoal and methanogen populations in the rumen and a model rumen system

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-78

  Sharp, Richard ^a,c   Ziemer, Cherie J ^b   Stern, Marshall D ^b   Stahl, David A ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methanogen; Phylogeny; rRNA; Rumen protozoon; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; FERMENTATION; METHANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RUMINANT STOMACH; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0032080814     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00024-5     Document Type: Article

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