Transgenic maize in the presence of ampicillin modifies the metabolic profile and microbial population structure of bovine rumen fluid in vitro

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 820-829

  Koch, Melanie ^a   Strobel, Egbert ^b   Tebbe, Christoph C ^b   Heritage, John ^c   Breves, Gerhard ^a   Huber, Korinna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ampicillin; Bt maize; Rumen microbial community; Single strand conformation polymorphism; Transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; MAIZE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM TRIFOLII; RUMINANT STOMACH; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMACH JUICE; TRANSGENIC CROP; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CROP; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE;

BOVINAE; ZEA MAYS;

AMPICILLIN; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CATTLE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROPIONATES; RUMEN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33947395609     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/BJN20061889     Document Type: Article

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