Detection of methane and quantification of methanogenic archaea in faeces from young broiler chickens using real-time PCR

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 629-634

  Saengkerdsub, S ^a   Herrera, P ^a,c   Woodward, C L ^a   Anderson, R C ^b   Nisbet, D J ^b   Ricke, S C ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Broiler; Faeces; Methanogen; Real time polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

GENES; HOUSES; METHANE; METHANOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

16S RDNA; AVIAN; BROILER; COPY NUMBER; FAECAL SAMPLES; FECES; HOUSE-FLIES; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS; REAL-TIME PCR;

BIRDS;

DNA 16S; METHANE;

BIRDS; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; METHANE;

COLONIZATION; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; FECES; FLY; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY;

ARTICLE; CHICK; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; HOUSE FLY; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RDNA GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; METHANOBACTERIALES; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 36349010189     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02243.x     Document Type: Article

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