Isolation and characterisation of anaerobic cellulose-degrading bacteria from East African porcupine (Hystrix cristata)

Anaerobe

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-100

  Odenyo, A A ^a   Bishop, R ^b   Asefa, G ^a   Wells, C ^b   Osuji, P O ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Bacteria; Cellulolytic; Hystrix cristata

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; RIBOSOME RNA; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

AFRICA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; GENOTYPE; HYSTRIX CRISTATA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RUMINOCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM LENTOCELLUM; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; HYSTRIX CRISTATA; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS;

EID: 0032865301     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1999.0189     Document Type: Article

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