Characterization of culturable anaerobic bacteria from the forestomach of an eastern grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-333

  Ouwerkerk, D ^a   Klieve, Athol V ^a   Forster, R J ^b   Templeton, J M ^a   Maguire, A J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Anaerobic bacteria; Diversity; Kangaroo; Marsupial

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA SEQUENCES; GENE ENCODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

16S RDNA; 16S RDNA SEQUENCE; 16S RRNA GENE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; CULTURABLE; DIVERSITY; KANGAROO; MARSUPIAL; PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY;

DNA 16S;

MARSUPIAL;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; FIRMICUTES; FORESTOMACH; KANGAROO; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

ASTREBLA LAPPACEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PARAPUTRIFICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; FIRMICUTES; MACROPUS GIGANTEUS; METATHERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 25844463126     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01774.x     Document Type: Article

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