Postinoculation protozoan establishment and association patterns of methanogenic archaea in the ovine rumen

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4609-4618

  Ohene Adjei, Samuel ^a   Teather, Ronald M ^a   Ivan, Michael ^a,b   Forster, Robert J ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOLYTIC PROTOZOAN; OVINE RUMEN; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; POSTINOCULATION PROTOZOAN;

ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA;

METHANOGENS;

DNA 18S; PROTOZOAL DNA;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; PROTOZOAN; SHEEP;

ARTICLE; DASYTRICHA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA LIBRARY; ENTODYNIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOTRICHA; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM BRYANTII; METHANOBREVIBACTER RUMINANTIUM; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; METHANOSPHAERA STADTMANAE; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYPLASTRON MULTIVESICULATUM; PROTOZOON; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RUMEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP;

ARCHAEA; BOVINAE; DASYTRICHA; ENTODINIUM; ISOTRICHA; METHANOBACTERIUM BRYANTII; METHANOBREVIBACTER RUMINANTIUM; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII; METHANOSPHAERA STADTMANAE; OVIS; POLYPLASTRON MULTIVESICULATUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34547169420     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02687-06     Document Type: Article

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