Phylogenetic analysis of the microbial populations in the wild herbivore gastrointestinal tract: Insights into an unexplored niche

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1212-1220

  Nelson, Karen E ^a   Zinder, Stephen H ^b   Hance, Ioana ^a   Burr, Patrick ^a   Odongo, David ^c,d   Wasawo, Delia ^c,d   Odenyo, Agnes ^c,d   Bishop, Richard ^c,d  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIA; BACTEROIDACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EQUIDAE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LACTOBACILLUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUMINANTS; RUMINOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDALES; BACTEROIDES; BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; EQUUS; EQUUS QUAGGA; FIRMICUTES; GAZELLA; GAZELLA GRANTI; GAZELLA RUFIFRONS; NEGIBACTERIA; ORYX; POSIBACTERIA; PREVOTELLA; PROKARYOTA; RUMINOCOCCUS; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX; UNGULATA;

EID: 0242592308     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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