Number of nitrate- and nitrite-reducing Selenomonas ruminantium in the rumen, and possible factors affecting its growth

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 483-491

  Yoshii, Takahiro ^a   Asanuma, Narito ^a   Hino, Tsuneo ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nitrate and nitrite reduction; Nitrate reductase; Nitrite reductase; Ruminal microbes; Selenomonas ruminantium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SELENOMONAS; SELENOMONAS RUMINANTIUM;

EID: 0347662617     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1344-3941.2003.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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