Effect of feeding cows genetically modified maize on the bacterial community in the bovine rumen

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 8012-8017

  Wiedemann, S ^a   Gurtler P ^a   Albrecht, C ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MAMMALS; MICROBIOLOGY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

BOVINE RUMEN; GENETICALLY MODIFIED MAIZE; MAIZE SILAGE;

BACTERIA;

CATTLE; FEEDING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; MAIZE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SILAGE;

ANAEROVIBRIO LIPOLYTICUS; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COW; FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; INTESTINE FLORA; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PREVOTELLA RUMINICOLA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS; SELENOMONAS RUMINANTIUM; SILAGE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREPONEMA BRYANTII;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMEN; SILAGE; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 37349019409     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01060-06     Document Type: Article

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