Archaeal community structure diversity in the rumen of faunated and defaunated sheep

International Congress Series

Volumn 1293, Issue , 2006, Pages 127-130

  Morgavi, D P ^a   Jouany, J P ^a   Martin, C ^a   Ranilla, M J ^b  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaea; Defaunation; Diversity; Protozoa; Rumen ecosystem

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748946577     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2006.01.019     Document Type: Article

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