The role of dynamic modelling in understanding the microbial contribution to rumen function

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-90

  Dijkstra, Jan ^a   Mills, Jonathan A N ^b   France, James ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modelling; Rumen micro organisms

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BOVIDS; ECOSYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; SWIMMING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 0036276824     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/nrr200237     Document Type: Review

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